Why are black men afraid to be vulnerable?
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Cut we real nikkas 
Not it's a few different reasons...
1.) Most of us were raised in single mom homes, where we were the men of the house. That role consumes you sub-consciously whether you noticed it or not.
2.) Most of us were bred to be tough, almost every black male has heard something along the lines of "You have to be better than the white people, you can't just coast by in life like they can." Hearing that at a young age, it sticks with you.
3.) It's seen as soft to let your emotions out all the time. So we, as black men, keep our emotions bottled up until there's an outlet to release them. Most times it's a fight of some sort, where you're beating the shot out of a nikka for everything that's happened in the last few years that you never spoke out about.
Not it's a few different reasons...
1.) Most of us were raised in single mom homes, where we were the men of the house. That role consumes you sub-consciously whether you noticed it or not.
2.) Most of us were bred to be tough, almost every black male has heard something along the lines of "You have to be better than the white people, you can't just coast by in life like they can." Hearing that at a young age, it sticks with you.
3.) It's seen as soft to let your emotions out all the time. So we, as black men, keep our emotions bottled up until there's an outlet to release them. Most times it's a fight of some sort, where you're beating the shot out of a nikka for everything that's happened in the last few years that you never spoke out about.
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We gotta maintain that alpha status rep
You want us to cry so then you can walk all over us
You want us to cry so then you can walk all over us
truth.
I've had to really do a lot of healing to become as open as I am now. Black men are afraid to appear vulnerable because they are constantly watching out for predators, and predators can smell vulnerability a mile away.
I've had to really do a lot of healing to become as open as I am now. Black men are afraid to appear vulnerable because they are constantly watching out for predators, and predators can smell vulnerability a mile away.
FIXEDWe gotta maintain that alpha status rep
You want us to cry so then you can walk all over us
All Knowledge
Speak up...
Was in therapy with my girl talking about this shyt on sunday 
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It's how a lot of us are raised. We're raised to be tough and raised to be harder to crack than men of other races because we go through more than men of other races. I don't think it's right for you to generalize like that though. I've never had a problem with opening up to someone. It sounds like you want men to be like women, and not like men. There's a difference in being vulnerable, and just being open and honest.
