How The Sexual Abuse Of Black Male Slaves Developed Homophobia & Hypermasculine Identity In Black Men

This reblogged post adds to previous posts on the history of slave farms and buck breaking. Black male slaves needed to be “seasoned” by white male slave owners. Seasoning made black men docile and used homoerotic methods to emasculate the black man. White men found black men delectable. Sexual exploitation of people of color normalized in the days of slavery again normalized in mass incarceration. (Will write more at a later date)

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Author: Angela Grant

Angela Grant is a medical doctor. For 22 years, she practiced emergency medicine and internal medicine. She studied for one year at Harvard T. H Chan School Of Public Health. She writes about culture, race, and health.

2 thoughts on “How The Sexual Abuse Of Black Male Slaves Developed Homophobia & Hypermasculine Identity In Black Men

  1. Interesting article, exposing the logic of subjugation. I remember Baldwin in one of his writings gave a hint to sexual abuse of black Boys by White policemen. Horrifying!
    Cordial Weekend regards
    Andreas

    1. Ty Andreas for recognizing the issue instead of justifying it by claiming homosexuality was a part of Africa so forced sodomy by white men was okay.

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