CONTROLLING OUR IMAGE IS THE ANSWER ...And yet I have never - TopicsExpress



          

CONTROLLING OUR IMAGE IS THE ANSWER ...And yet I have never found myself anxiously responding to a white male or males on an evening walk the way I do in the presence of Black men. Why, exactly, is that? I believe there are several reasons for this disturbing phenomenon and that it certainly isn’t limited only to me, but also to most (if not all) white folks – and many people of color as well. History, psychology and media all play a significant role. The myth of the predatory Black man stands on the shoulders of centuries of stories and images shared from one generation to the next, sometimes directly and sometimes in coded messaging (such as admonishments to lock the car in certain neighborhoods or clutch your pocketbook closely on certain elevators and streets). Our collective fear of the Black man has a rich and detailed history, one that by this time has practically been encoded in our national DNA. euroamerican.org/wordpress/index.php/2013/03/10/white-fear-of-black-men/
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:08:54 +0000

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