James Baldwin was born August 2, 1924 in Harlem.

[mbewane]

Legend.

Although I must admit that I only really know his non-fiction work, speeches, etc. I tried reading a book of short stories but didn't really manage to go on. Might have to try again.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Everyone’s giving him his deserved props but if he was around today, y’all and y’all’s supreme leader Mullah Nasheed would all be calling him a bussy boy and part of the LGBT agenda to destroy Black masculinity and all that bullshyt.

 

[OG Talk]

He was a bussy boy and part of the LGBT agenda to destroy Black masculinity.

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

Everyone’s giving him his deserved props but if he was around today, y’all and y’all’s supreme leader Mullah Nasheed would all be calling him a bussy boy and part of the LGBT agenda to destroy Black masculinity and all that bullshyt.

Not all gays are the same

this man here is great and accomplished great things

He wasn’t waltzing around in gimp outfits during pride parades

 

[ISO]

The G.O.A.T.

 

[DPresidential]

Happy Born day to the Gawd.

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Everyone’s giving him his deserved props but if he was around today, y’all and y’all’s supreme leader Mullah Nasheed would all be calling him a bussy boy and part of the LGBT agenda to destroy Black masculinity and all that bullshyt.

He was a big proponent of the black community maintaining a nuclear family

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Not all gays are the same

this man here is great and accomplished great things

He wasn’t waltzing around in gimp outfits during pride parades

He also didn’t have that as an acceptable option back then. As a gay man living in 2021 with an internet connection and social media, I’m sure he would’ve said more about his sexuality in public space if he was alive today. That alone would make y’all dismiss him as a “bussy boy” supporting the gay agenda or whatever.

 

[mattw1313]

he had to vacate harlem

but quotes like this let you know he was a real one:

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time

some of you soft comfy nikkas still don't get this

 

[Assata Shakur]

James Baldwin one of the brightest, most intelligent, greatest thinkers and writers of all time. Happy Birthday Black God!

 

[Doobie Doo]

Everyone’s giving him his deserved props but if he was around today, y’all and y’all’s supreme leader Mullah Nasheed would all be calling him a bussy boy and part of the LGBT agenda to destroy Black masculinity and all that bullshyt.

Gay people exist, as long as they don't prioritize their sexuality over their blackness and understand what's going on then it's not a problem.

I mean there were people here following Yvette Carnell

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Gay people exist, as long as they don't prioritize their sexuality over their blackness and understand what's going on then it's not a problem.

I mean there were people here following Yvette Carnell

Yvette Carnell is a woman. Being a gay man means anything you say will be dismissed in TLR. Any Black gay man alive that you could make a thread about anything they said or did would be summarily dismissed as a “bussy boy” in TLR and you know it.

 

[Rell84shots]

Funny how a lot of gay people like to say the black community is homophobic but glance over the work of James Baldwin

The LGBTQ community would hate him if he were alive today, because he wasn't about to let anyone use his sexuality for their benefit.

 

[BaltimoreTwilightMarauder]

Funny how a lot of gay people like to say the black community is homophobic but glance over the work of James Baldwin

Bro, I've seen at least 10 "fakkit" comments on her this morning alone. We are homophobic. James Baldwin being gay doesn't change that. Hell, its in this very thread.

 

[Doobie Doo]

Yvette Carnell is a woman. Being a gay man means anything you say will be dismissed in TLR. Any Black gay man alive that you could make a thread about anything they said or did would be summarily dismissed as a “bussy boy” in TLR and you know it.

That is not true at all. Again, if they are truly pro black we welcome them. The same way we welcome James Baldwin's works right now in 2021. The same way we welcome Luther, Frank Ocean, Little Richard.