>>>I doubt there is anyone in any minority group who feels mocked by greater representation. I'll have my (future) sons watching old James Bond and Indiana Jon

>>>I doubt there is anyone in any minority group who feels mocked by greater representation. I'll have my (future) sons watching old James Bond and Indiana Jones movies before I ever show them most of the crap that Hollywood shovels to us as black males. A strong white character is a better role model than a weak black one. My coworker is mixed Jamaican/ Italian and a staunch Catholic. He and his black/Hawaiian wife homeschool their sons (both early teens I think). He shared his difficulty with finding media content for them to consume that isn't heavily laden with homosexuality, especially in the black male characters. I suggested he introduce them to ST: TNG, Babylon 5, and ST:DS9. Worf, Geordi, Sisko, and Dr. Baxter are all useful role models. Those were positive and inspirational black characters. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emasculation-black-male-image-building-better-man-timothy-tart/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emasculation-black-male-image... https://negromanosphere.com/hollywood-emasculation-black-male-image/ https://negromanosphere.com/hollywood-emasculation-black-mal... https://youtu.be/0aYo8nxedOM https://youtu.be/0aYo8nxedOM "Boskoe100 Thinks There's An Agenda to Make the Black Male Image Effeminate" https://youtu.be/gyjblZqw2dE https://youtu.be/gyjblZqw2dE Brandon Tatum's take on a recent rap video heavily depicting prison homosexuality Dave Chappelle shined a light on this 15 years ago: https://youtu.be/oCahQtiEYb4 https://youtu.be/oCahQtiEYb4 This sort of content is nowhere near as popular or desired as the bubble-dwellers in LA/Atlanta/SF/NYC seem to think it is. One might retort "why does someone else's representation negatively impact you?" IMO, the answer should be obvious. Amplifying the "edge cases" of representation colors the expectations and perceptions of community outsiders who don't necessarily understand that they are not indicative of the majority. Wealthy drug-dealer rappers are a tiny fraction of the black male community, but walk into any nightclub in Asia and SOMEBODY will look at you askance and question why you don't dress like 50 Cent. I don't sell cocaine but that media representation of someone who does impacts how others interact with me. How long before I'm dealing with women asking me "Why don't you wear lip gloss, sparkles, and a dress like those other black men I see on TV/Instagram?" https://www.vogue.com/article/billy-porter-oscars-red-carpet-gown-christian-siriano https://www.vogue.com/article/billy-porter-oscars-red-carpet... So yeah this stuff feels like they are mocking us, and no representation would be better than representation of this sort. Malcom X was right (and his quote below is my favorite one to drop into HN discussions). https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-is-the-worst-enemy-to-america-and https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8869214-the-white-liberal-i...