Even if you want to make the argument we should be applying the same amount of scrutiny to rap, I don't see what it has to do with this scene. You sound like one of those folks hollering, "where's BLM now?" whenever a black man dies at the hands of another. Completely disingenuous and off the mark.
If someone is gonna take a swing at portraying something as beloved/sacred as a fukking black barbershop, they could at least be remotely accurate. I'd say it's one of few exclusive spaces we have in this country so why the hell would you be okay with this depiction? Barbers be doing all types of wild shyt...bootlegging, answering personal calls etc but I ain't ever seen people speak like this, especially in front of a woman. They're made to look like sexual degenerates who can't run a business and (for good measure) don't respect black women.
I think the point is that rappers, and maybe current hip hop culture in general, perpetuates some of the most negative stereotypes that exist when it comes to black men, and you don't see many threads about how destructive current hip hop culture is (you see a few, but not many). I think there are a lot of black men who feel so emasculated by society that the hyper masculine/violent/hyper sexual/homophobic persona, that a lot of current rappers have, serves as a security blanket for a collective bruised ego. That's why its so ironic that there would be outrage, on this website, about black men being depicted as hyper masculine, violent, hyper sexual and homophobic. Its as if these extreme characteristics are the last line of defense, for a lot of black men, and to critique these characteristics, eats at that last line of defense. Its almost like, for a lot of you all here, there's nothing wrong with being: hyper masculine, violent, hyper sexual, or homophobic, but there
is something wrong with being
seen as any of those things. Maybe allowing members of the black community to express their frustrations with straight black men should be looked at as an opportunity to grow, and not as a chipping away at that last line of defense.
Who's consuming this?? If the writers have a problem with misogyny in the black community at least be honest with the criticism.
This is why I can't do this "new" shyt at all. Its almost as if black men are getting treated like fukking Gonzo off of the Muppets with these type of shows. No way folks talk like this in public and no fukking way a dyke jawn going to be all in their feelings about it. If anything, it would be like a huddle up of who gets the most ass and even that would be subtle.
