By Liz Kim – I guess it’s comforting for other races to concede the “strong/athletic” card to black men when everyone else gets to be “intelligent” and “creative” and otherwise normal humans. As Dot Com wisely said on 30 Rock, “maybe someday we’ll live in a world where you ask us to pretend to be scientists.” It also stems from/contributes to that good ol’ fashioned slave-owning mentality that Black man = Beast meant for toiling in the hot sun and raping your women.
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