Instead of making this a stealth Black Women whatboutism thread, can we all just pledge to be and do better?
I get it, nikkas still call themselves mad after the VSB article. Fine.
And ill agree, you can make an argument that sexual abuse against ALL males is extremely ignored because the power dynamic isn't as drastic. But that doesn't make it any less tragic, especially in lower income communities where victims have no outlet or support for their abuse. Especially boys, because they have to be "tough" to survive.
With all that said, we cannot devolve and become even more divided. Plugging your ears and yelling " well y'all are fukked up too!!" at Black Women is fukking retarded and solves nothing.
Quite frankly, it makes me shake my head in disgust at a lot of you. As MEN, we are supposed to be leaders and problem solvers. In your daily life, do you sit around and point fingers at your partner/spouse/coworkers/employees? Do you refuse to hear these same people out when they have grievances? Or do you realize that progress cannot be made until we address the core problems and come to as common a solution as possible?
The dysfunction in the Black Community has less to do with the failings of a certain gender and more to do with the limited socioeconomic power and scarce resources. The best way to overcome that is the unity of the nuclear family unit.
Until we become better partners to one another, we will keep failing.