A 2013 Classic: A Black Masculinist Interview of Delroy Lindo at Fresno State
An oldie but goodie! My 2013 interview with Delroy Lindo for my program the Black Popular Culture Lecture Series and Online Research Archive. (more…)
Kevin Hart’s ‘Night School:’ A Short Black Masculinist Review by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.
(Spoilers)
I just saw Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish’s ‘Night School’ (2018). Although I’m generally not a fan of self-deprecating comedy, especially by Black men (I feel society celebrates our failure to exhaustion as it is, why celebrate it more?), I found the story an exaggerated admission of the Black Male Dual Economy.
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Is Africana Studies Sexist?: A Response to Dr. Carole Boyce Davis by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.
According to senior scholar Dr. Carole Boyce Davies of Cornell University, Africana Studies gladly participates in institutional sexism. (more…)
“Why Was Black Generation X Fatherless?: A Brief Statement On Why Many Black Men “Left” the Family In The 1970s” by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D. (Addendum added)*
“Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax.
― Toni Morrison, Beloved (1987)
Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day.
Things get to him. Things he can’t chop down because they’re inside.”
I have known pissed off Black men all my life. The permanent scowl I saw them wear taught me much, but it wasn’t until young adulthood that I found out the plethora of reasons why they—no, WE—wore it. In a short period of time between the 1960s and 1970s, the following policies became ensconced in law, dramatically changing reality for Black males nationally.
- Female-centered Welfare (eg. “Man in the House” Rule),
- Female-centered Family Court policy (eg. No Fault divorce)
- Female-centered Birth control (eg. no male pill)
- Female-centered Title IX (eg. sex discrimination sans males)
- Need-based Financial Aid (eg. Pell Grants)
- Black Female-centered Affirmative Action hiring (eg. double-minority status)
- Black Female-centered media (eg. TV channels & magazines for Black women)
“Black Masculinism: A Working Framework” by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.
I advocate for a Black Masculinist method of social analysis when interpreting phenomena and conceptualizing our worldview regarding Black male life–and by extension their contributions to the Black community. (more…)
“Correcting a Previous Blogpost…” by T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D.
In my piece responding to VerySmartBrothers’ article on Black males, “Straight Black Men Are the Scapegoats of Black People: VSB’s Black Eugenics Renaissance and the Pandering to Make Attention Outweigh Death,” I posted some data that requires some correction. In it, when citing information on Intimate Partner Homicide (IPH), I posted the following: (more…)
