A situation I ran into the other day in Pennsylvania made me think about this video and others like it that are a little extreme but I do think it gets into the head of how a lot of sisters actually view Black men and "our" approach to women.
I stopped into this place to get some coffee and there was a young Black girl at the counter I'd judge to be about 22 or 23. She smiled and asked me my order and I said a large coffee. She asked did I want any cream or sugar in it and I said, "No.
I like my coffee like I like my women....straight and Black."
A line I've used thousands of times....
A line that has actually gotten me a few dates....
A line that had women smiling over 80% of the time.....
But this time, this young girl stared at me for a COUPLE OF MINUTES with a blank look on her face.
Now I didn't say a few SECONDS.....I said MINUTES.
A minute is a long time for someone to stand there staring at you.
A number of thoughts was going through my head about what was in hers.....lol.
After staring, she rolled her eyes and sighed while shaking her head, went and got my coffee (I had to watch her after that....lol) came back and gave it too me without giving me any eye contact. As I was leaving I heard her go to her co-workers (white girls) and say, "Giiiiirl, you would not believe.....was he serious."
Now this isn't the first time I've seen something like this.
For the past 10 years or so it seems that a lot of young Black women, especially those who have been raised around a lot of White people, don't seem to understand flirting or "slack talk" that a lot of Black men do. It seems that many of them are being TAUGHT....not coming to the conclusion on their own but TAUGHT....that the way Black men talk to them is rude, inappropriate, and disrespectful.....especially compared to the rather bland way White men conduct themselves around women which is being held as the ideal.
Now I know a lot of Black men ARE rude and disrespectful with women as well as with eachother, but it seems like with this new "#metoo" movement and "street harassment" movement......the very culture of Black masculinity seems to be scrutitinized.
Does anyone understand what I'm saying?
In other words.......
Black men have THEIR way of communicating with women.
White men have THEIR way of communicating with women.
But the way Black men do it is slowly being framed and labled as "wrong" or "inappropriate".