The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.
The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.
The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.
The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.
The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.
The challenges being both black and male present in American society are overwhelmingly disconcerting. In Looking for Langston the main character struggles with redefining for himself what it means to be a Black man. His college peers and the neighborhood young men have a hard time accepting his sexuality. X is meant to feel he is not ‘black” or “male” enough because his sexuality does not mirror the construction of Black male sexuality sustained by the ignorance of society and the media.
In the article “My Brother” Thelma Golden argues black masculinity is a social construct loaded with an abundance of unrealistic expectations and stereotypes. Golden argues the construct of black masculinity is a fantasy and so off balanced from the truth that no one could ever feel the void of the construction of Black masculinity. I agree with Golden’s argument and I think her argument is the source for why watching Brother to Brother was so painful for me. In the film, Perry is fighting a battle tremendously larger than he is capable of coping with and combating. Perry is fighting against a fantasy construction and loseing his true identity in the process. The hatred and indifference directed toward X from his friends, peers and strangers in actuality has nothing to do with who Perry is and everything to do with what society tells them Perry should be. My personal take away from the Golden reading and Brother to Brother is the acknowledgment and appreciation of all the various perspectives, personas, and sexualities, Black men have to offer.