Great. I see the male perspective. It’s not that I don’t get this. Its just that dudes lash out at me when I share the equally important female perspective. But first, as for Kevin. Nothing you say will make me doubt that he isn’t absolutely a hustler.
He’s b*stardized personality tropes from the most trusted sources of the black community and wrapped them up in a caricature. These include sistagirl auntie energy, gay appropriated black female “gurrrrl lemme tell you something” energy, and Christian church woman “youse got yo submit to dat man” energy. So what you get is an auntie, church woman pickme cosplaying as a black man.
Many black women eat this shyt up because the church auntie pick me “you gotta iron his shirts everyday JESUS” shyt is comfort food for black women instead of them facing the meanness of this world. Meanwhile black men eat this shyt up because he telling the women what they think black women need to hear and they will overlook the zest and even the dumb shyt he says to black men, as long as the message gets to black women that their successes ain’t shyt to protect their own egos.
Moreover, him dragging a couple of people while they are down isn’t going to fix black relationships. And the entire high value/low value dichotomy is nonsense. You cannot quantify something as complex as a human being. But he oversimplifies people and gives insulting sensationalized gender pandering in the form of “advice” and because there is a leadership vacuum in our community, people eat this shyt up. I know a hustle when I see it. It’s not just the messenger that’s the message. His message is wack too because it’s not healing any of the deep seated issues black men and black women have that is at the root of our romantic failures like white supremacy and low self-esteem. These chicks will go from having crazy delusional standards and being alone, to dating complete bums and settling on anybody and making babies that get abandoned because they so easily led that a nikka in a Fanny pack can tell them who to date. He knows the types callin into that show and he taking advantage.
I see what your saying about the messenger, your not use to seeing someone that looks like him saying what he's saying. Yes he does give off alot of feminine energy, he was raised in the church, also raised with no father...so his feminine energy is going to show...he's also a metrosexual, doesn't have alot of bass in his voice, dresses to the extreme..yea I see it.
However, I he is saying is not wrong, the white supremacy angle has been done to death an isnt going away anything time soon therefore kevin doesnt allow women or men to use it as a crutch.
You keep saying "pick me" when what's wrong with women wanting to be picked to be taken care of or picked for marriage.
No one is make post or thread about cynthia g or crissy for continuing to attack black men without introspective, discernment or regard, context for putting us all in "one size fits all" group.
But they go in waaaaay harder then kevin...its not even close, I use to watch cynthia an crissy but there overboard.
Kevin is trying to bring black people together, you can debate an arguement his methods, but he doesnt hate black women, he doesnt discourage black men from dating black women, he is pro black families an black couples.
How can you go against someone who wants black women to be stay at home mom's and raise the kids while the men out an work an build.
That is heart of his whole message that people tend to over look.
There is almost no one out there saying this.
Men need to work a job plus 20 extra, need to connect and build with other black men.
Need to provide a environment for black women to rest in their femininity.
When if he wasnt straight, even if he was bi, what he is saying almost 100% correct. Even with white supremacy back in the 50's-60's thr heart of the jim crow era, the black family as a unit was better off, black men were building, united and pooling resources...the white supremacy angle cant be used today although it's still affective, but were more successful when white supremacy was at its peak..why is that?
This is what Kevin is trying to get both sides to understand.
The fact that the black family unit has been nuked is the reason for the issues we have to today which is why kevin is so polarizing.
It's the reason why we get Kevin today but not malcom, it's why we get obama but not martin.
Both Martin and malcom had extremely strong father's. There masculine energy was always present but controlled.
Do you think we get malcom an Martin if they were raised by single mom's.
Corretta Scott king was amazing for what she's done and been through, but there's reason why none of Martin an malcolm's kids have the impact of their fathers...because the fathers were not present for obvious reason no disrespect
So as far as black people are concern messenger most likely isnt going to have the total package looks an sound an impact wise due to the nuclear family being nuked and the ones that can do it dont want too...this is why were in shambles.
But someone has to step forward and try and what what you getting from kevin, is he corporate, yes, feminine church going Moma's boy energy from cogic pastor energy...yes.
But what he is saying isn't wrong, it could be hard to hear but he isn't wrong...