Straight Black Men Are the White People of Black People

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

"It feels counterintuitive to suggest that straight black men as a whole possess any sort of privilege."

The fuck it does.

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

They are literally the bottom rung on many measures of success, well under black women for earnings, life expectancy, education and incarceration.

If black women were more oppressed you'd see the opposite.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's the result. It doesn't necessarily mean there's a lack of "privilege."

If you really think "privilege" is the explanation, maybe you should think about what that word means.