Black Men are Scary
There is an article in the NY Times that talks about the fact that racism impacts black boys and black men at every socio-economic level. Many of the black DUers, especially AStrongBlackMan have tried to make this clear, and it has fallen on deaf ears. So I want to put forward a quote from the study that crystallizes, for me, the stereotype of the black man as *threatening* and how, in a nation with more service-sector jobs, if a black man is stereotyped as violent and threatening, he may have a harder time getting a job. Think about it. It's real. And there's no easy solution.
boys, across races, are more sensitive than girls to disadvantages like growing up in poverty or facing discrimination. While black women also face negative effects of racism, black men often experience racial discrimination differently. As early as preschool, they are more likely to be disciplined in school. They are pulled over or detained and searched by police officers more often.
“It’s not just being black but being male that has been hyper-stereotyped in this negative way, in which we’ve made black men scary, intimidating, with a propensity toward violence,” said Noelle Hurd, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia.
She said this racist stereotype particularly hurts black men economically, now that service-sector jobs, requiring interaction with customers, have replaced the manufacturing jobs that previously employed men with less education.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html?smid=fb-share
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Not saying the article is wrong. I just don't get it. I worked in the west side of South Bend for two years. Grew up next to Gary, IN. Worked in Benton Harbor, MI. I was the only white face for miles (as far as I knew) and weighed 147 #'s. I was never scared or felt threatened. I just don't get it. People are people regardless of skin color.
