Comments on: My Plea To Angry Black Men.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:48:47 +0000

Dear Author,
Before you say the black man should just stop, you need to look honestly at why he is angry. The black man has been ostracized, disgraced, emasculated and targeted by almost every race or ethnic group on this planet. Maybe many of us are expecting of ourselves what others expect of us. You don’t have the perspective of a black man (and I am a family and relationship counselor and not angry)so it’s easy for you to say “just stop being angry guys”. But it’s not that simple. Walk a mile in the shoes of some of these men then say that. And while a lot of it is their fault, a lot of it is NOT.

Every week I counsel men who have been mistreated by women, abandoned by fathers, molested by men and women, verbally abused by women including their moms, put down, knocked down, told they are all of the problem, put in jail by trifling women who hate the man has moved on with his life, ruined by the child support system (even when the child is NOT his) and worse. So again, until you walk a mile in these men’s shoes, you don’t understand.

The same statistics that say 1.2 million women a year are victims of domestic violence also show that 837,000 men are as well. And that just includes the men who even report it. But society considers that a joke.

You need to go back and read the Willy Lynche letters. A great many of our men and women are suffering at the hands of each other because we as a people have been programmed to annihilate each other. That is not an excuse, but it is a reason for a lot of behavior.

So I ask you, what is your article doing about the problem? What are your solutions? You were not Trayvon Martin or Eric Garner or Jordan Davis.

By: Marque-Anthony

Marque-Anthony — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:37:28 +0000

The author of this article should read my article o this site entitled WHAT’S WRONG WITH AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN. It will share some fair, honest and balanced points while getting to the root of the problem and holding ALL THOSE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE under a microscope equally. They don’t just include the black man.

By: Disturbed By Article

Disturbed By Article — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:18:29 +0000

Wrong way to address Fallen Kings. Your message is overshadowed by a demeaning tone. Your message is greatest received from a male speaker. The same way a woman would snub her nose to a rebuking of “the angry Black Woman” by a Black Man, your comments are critiqued similarly. Its not that your message is wrong, its everything else associated with it. I assume you are mature enough to understand. If not, well……thats not my issue in life to help you mature. I can definitely say that empathy within our community is lacking. Middle class blacks look down on impoverished blacks. Wealthy blacks willingly seclude themselves from middle class blacks. Empathy isn’t sympathy and we have deep rooted issues in our black society. Integration will not solve the black society’s problems. We have to truly help one another.

By: Pookie

Pookie — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:02:16 +0000

You sound stupid as fuck to me. Why not point out the flaws of the white man, and then maybe you can see why the black man’s and black woman’s flaws come from. You are out of touch. typical house nigga..

By: Malcolm Lumumba

Malcolm Lumumba — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 02:46:57 +0000

This is one of the most ignorant article I have ever read. This blatant attempt to generalize black man is amateurish as a writer and display a lack of journalism experience. The irony in articles like this is the problem the writer is attempting to tackle, somewhat lends some truth to the generalization by merely writing about it, which in turn perpetuates the very stereotype he or she is trying to discourage. The stereotype of “Angry Black Men” came from whites trying to curb and shape the behavior of blacks post slavery era. Maybe at that time the saying had some truth giving the poor and deplorable living conditions of most black families along with many social injustices, which angered and encouraged black men to act (million man march, black panther movement and numerous other organizations) however the continual usage of ‘angry black men’ in today’s world is as incorrect as saying AIDS came from gays. Angry men come in all races and colors, just like women who were weaves come in all races and colors. and in case you were writing your next article, everybody eats chicken and watermelon. You Welcome!!

By: Auja

Auja — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:34:39 +0000

I feel that this has a lot of truth to it. While I dont know every black man, I speak on the ones that I do know. Some “angry”, some not. The angry ones who blame everyone for their problems can be annoying. I know some brothas that blame white people for their troubles and yes, some of the bad white people could be against them, but honestly, I think if it weren’t for the white people who believed in equality and weren’t afraid to stand up for blacks, WE could be slaves, or slavery could have lasted longer. Unfortunately, one ethnicity is commonly known to have the power, some used it for good, some used it for bad. But the good ones helped the blacks, I won’t ever be mad about that! And another thing, if you weren’t a slave, then stop saying that WE were slaves for hundreds and thousands of years. I understand the WE to feel inclusive, but no one today, commenting on this article is involuntarily picking cotton. I hear some black men today say things like, “we had it the hardest, we had to march, get locked up for NON-VIOLENT protests…” In reality, none of them did any of that! None of them got bit by dogs, beat by officers, or sprayed by huge water hoses. I disagree w/ them taking credit for what those before us endured so that those after them would have a better quality of life. The other black men, started from the bottom, and they’re working their way up, regardless of the struggle. So it may just depend on the individual, but I think our angry brothas need to watch how they conduct themselves in public b/c our sons are watching and they can be set up for failure. Great article Marie! 🙂

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 23:38:57 +0000

Sista, Sista, Sista. Over 1,000 years of slavery, over 1,000 years of imprisonment, over 1,000 years of malediction, over 1,000 years of blatant racism, to you that’s no cause to be angry. My poo Sista. Over a hundred years of malnutrition, over 100 years of poor healthcare, over a hundred years of being brainwashed and dumbed-down… my poo, poo, Sista.

This anger that you speak of is a reflection of an action or crime against an individual. That’s what you see. You see the reflection in the mirror and it looks like an angry black man. I ask that you turn around, away from that mirror and look directly at the black man. Once you’ve done that, tilt your head to the either side and what you’ll see is the your “white man” sticking a cattle prod up the black man’s ass, smiling and saying, “it’s okay except it. You’ll be a better black man for it.” I ask that you take a second to look at the source of why the black man is angry. We don’t have to go back into history. Let’s look at the present day situation of the angry the black man.

Take a look at what’s going on in Chicago, Detroit, and Baltimore. Take a look of how the safety net of this communities is being destroyed by politicians hell-bent on austerity for the poor and not the rich. And the vast majority of those poor people are black woman, black children, black families, and yes, there are some angry black men in there too.

Black men are the last hired, and the first fired, I have labeled this LIFO ( an accounting term meaning Last In, First Out). That goes for jobs, loans, housing, every thing except prison. In prison, the accounting term is FILO (First In, Last Out). While the black man is in jail, the term I devised is SYAIJFALT (Stay Your Ass In Jail For A Long Time). That’s the modern way do destroy the black man. Still, according to you, that’s no reason to be angry. And the fact that we are passing this anger on to our children is even more dismal to you. Of course, let’s not pass on the truth, the lie is so much “…better, not bitter”.

I’m a little angry of that picture that you selected for your stated plea to the angry black man. That is not the picture of an angry black man. In fact, that is unfair to all black people. Where’s the NAACP when you need them? Oh, those are the successful black men that are not angry. Right? That’s because they’re sitting in the air conditioning, getting paid large sums of money, driving the big cars, absorbing all the rewards of an successful black house Negro. They accept this condition of slavery. I don’t. And, you shouldn’t, either.

One last thing, I encourage you to go to http://www.beofs.com/Blog/Entries/2013/8/17 and read a different point of view.

Rick Brandon
ABM

By: ewill

ewill — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:25:12 +0000

Robert,
Marie is just trying to tell people like you something and she was being nice about it. Perception is more powerful than facts.
I’m not nice. I tell you to shut your mouth and stop being an ignorant negro. I would tell all your brothers not to pay attention to a “MAD” ignoramus like you.
MAD:
mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
enraged; greatly provoked or irritated; angry.
abnormally furious; ferocious: a mad bull.
affected with rabies; rabid: a mad dog.
extremely foolish or unwise; imprudent; irrational.

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

By: ROBERT

ROBERT — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:53:34 +0000

ANGER is a natural human emotion and we possess it for a reason; its a matter of were the anger is directed anger will make you do something immediately.
I say to my brothers all the time if you are not mad you are not paying attention!