You know what's funny: How black people ON HERE create and make conspiracies to justify anything happening in the black community that they don't like or that doesn't fit their preference. It's funny cause, if you look close enough, you can break down exactly where this sudden thought process has come up
So suddenly, there' s a big push on the conspiracy that there's an effeminization of black men going on because nikkas don't like the way people dress (why you care how another man dresses or how it effects you, I don't know. If you are a good parent, I don't see how the way another person dresses is gonna even affect your child as well, but alas, this is a board of black men who tout "get married brehs" and who have a disdain for relationships with women, so I could see how many on here would be worried)
But where was all of this concern when:
- Cam'ron and all of Harlem was wearing pink as if it was cool? Was that not "effeminization"? I don't remember any white people/larger society playing a role in that. Many black men gladly wore pink and I'm sure many on here were Camron fans during that period.
- nikkas were sagging their pants and showing their ass to everyone they came in touch with, even with knowing it's prison history? What? I don't remember white people/larger society playing a role in that, in fact many of them looked on in disgust as black people proudly upheld this standard themselves.
- Jheri culrs were very big in the black community? Hands down the most feminine (and very c00nish) hair style of all time, but yet was appreciated and celebrated in the black community and by black men. This was not effeminate? Also, no white/larger society playing a role here.
- Skinny jeans first broke loose in the black community? I can look through some pics from the 80s/early 90s and I gotta say you nikkas looked like straight up gayer versions of nikkas today (sans the actual gay nikkas) I can also look through hip-hop culture and see that this image was very well promoted and respected. Again, larger society didn't play a role here and the shyt was definitely uberly effeminate.
- Martin, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy, etc. dressing up as women several times (and also making caricatures of black woman). When they did "In Living Color" was the best show ever and Martin is hilarious and a real ass show. No white influence here. Just black people loving effeminate shyt, once again. When Tyler Perry does it, black media needs to be reconstructed and they are trying to promote cross dressing and now black men can't get a job without dressing like a woman.
- Michael Jackson, Rick James, Al B. Sure, Prince, etc. : Gay. Gay. Gay. Gay. Gay. Gay. And they would NEVER succeed in today's time with today's generation. Let's be truthful. BUt they are idols and relics for many of you and for many of the people who like to speak down on people today as if they weren't hands down the gayest/most effeminate artists ever. IDGAF that Prince gets bytches (cause I'm sure Mike Epps gets bytches too), he' still effeminate as fukk and wouldn't get any credit in today's time, but I'm sure this Lord Jamar nikka was rockin' to at least one of these nikkas. Again, no white/larger society interference here. Just black people loving effeminate shyt.
But nowwwwww, all of a sudden, there's a big conspiracy to "effemenize" black men. Probably the weakest excuse ever and a great example of old people forgetting just how damn effeminate they were. But it seems like a lot of y'all only believe in effeminization, or that things can be feminine, when white people are involved. Which is cool, but given the track history of urban-centric black people, effeminization has always been a stronghold, it's just that y'all don't like to believe the shyt that y'all like/liked was/is gay shyt. Time is more convenient than a bytch.