Black men are expected to look a certain way by societies’ definition of the ideal body type for a black male. Mincey et al (2014) found the idea of masculinity for Black men is similar to some traditional aspects of being a man; there are also ideas that are specific in being a black man. It was proceed in the article that society mainstream has a lot of influence on this topic. Masculinity doesn’t only have to do with looks; sometimes it has to do with the opportunities black men get in the society we live in. It was stated that white men are exposed to more things than black men and white have more opportunities than black men. This could fit the definition of black masculinity because of the way a man is viewed at in our society.
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Audre Lorde et al (1993) talked about the difficult of raising a son and a daughter. It’s was found in the article that raising a black children is a very terrifying and chancy simply because if they can’t love and resist at the same, they will probably not survive. It was said that mothers teach their kids to have the ability to love and survive. Many women indulge their sons in ways they never would their daughters. Depending on how the child is raised, it determines if the child is going to follow the right path. This relates our society because regardless of the race, if a child doesn’t have proper home training, he or she would most likely end up choosing the wrong path. That’s usually the attachment we as a society give to kids that are misbehaving, that their parents didn’t raise them right. I have many friends that end up having a bright future because of the ways in which their parents handle them when they were growing, and I also have friends that weren’t fortunate to have the same type of parenting and ended up as kids that parents didn’t want to claim. Ninety percent of a child’s successful future resided in the hands of his or her
Audre Lorde et al (1993) talked about the difficult of raising a son and a daughter. It’s was found in the article that raising a black children is a very terrifying and chancy simply because if they can’t love and resist at the same, they will probably not survive. It was said that mothers teach their kids to have the ability to love and survive. Many women indulge their sons in ways they never would their daughters. Depending on how the child is raised, it determines if the child is going to follow the right path. This relates our society because regardless of the race, if a child doesn’t have proper home training, he or she would most likely end up choosing the wrong path. That’s usually the attachment we as a society give to kids that are misbehaving, that their parents didn’t raise them right. I have many friends that end up having a bright future because of the ways in which their parents handle them when they were growing, and I also have friends that weren’t fortunate to have the same type of parenting and ended up as kids that parents didn’t want to claim. Ninety percent of a child’s successful future resided in the hands of his or her