Bruh, I didn't read that article fully. But I understand the sentiment that Jemele is cosigning. Here is how Michael Eric Dyson put it:
"Maleness has functioned in our race much like whiteness has in the larger culture: its privileges have been rendered normal, its perspectives natural, it's biases neutral, its ideas superior, its anger holy justifiable, and its way of being the gift of God to the universe."
From his book
What Truth Sounds Like
I don't see this as an attack on Black men, more like constructive criticism. This was an issue in the Civil Rights & Black Power movements. And this issue has been exploited by conservative ideology & economic policy to further their plan of internal strife & division of black family/community/national unity at the fundamental level of the relationship between black men & women.
We need to ask ourselves & define what is manhood, because I believe we have inadvertently & unconsciously adopted the definition of manhood from white society/culture. The role model for manhood is the motherfuckas we use to call "the man". I hear all kinds of ridiculous ideas about manhood on these bgol streets.
