Black men who have children and black men who don't have children are both regarded as players, hounddogs, absent fathers, and baby daddies, as if the logical answer is that no one's first choice of partner and father of their children would ever be a black man. Black men who choose body modifications like tattoos or piercings are branded as thugs. 'no one tells a man what he can and cannot do with his own body'īlack men are repeatedly assaulted and have their hair forcibly shaved or cut for wearing their hair natural and in culturally important styles. 'men don't get followed around by people who mean them harm'īlack men are heavily policed and regularly jumped and killed for just walking down the street

'men don't need to be afraid walking around at night'īlack men make less than white women on average