JamalSpunky
Well-Known Member
I wasn't trying to hijack this thread but I'll address your question.
I'm a proponent for black boys being born from such unions and thereby most likely growing up in economically advantageous situations. If little black girls find themselves in this situation that's good too, but I primarily care about black boys in these circumstances. Why? Someone has too. Black women don't hesitate emphasizing in their words and deeds how much the well being of black girls are a priority to them, so I'm gonna be that black dude who feels the same about black boys.
I pointed out before that it seems to be disproportionate the number of black girls born from these IR unions than there are boys. Maybe I'm exaggerating but it seems like one boy born for every five girls from celebrity IR couples.
Black boys are no different than black men in that they are not the ones media or society tend to favor. They are not cherished nor celebrated as much as they should be. They are instead demonized which is why cops can kill a black boy with a toy gun in cold blood and one half of the nation yawns while the other half forgets about it way too quickly. But its more than just that. Social media makes a point in celebrating black girls in the way they do not celebrate black boys. Therefore when it comes to the spawn of celebrity children the first daughter of Beyonce and Jay-Z as well as the daughter of Kanye and Kim and the daughter of Steph Curry will be treated and objectified as little queens who become GIF-worthy celebs of their own. Meanwhile black boys from equally successful celebrities (or from the very same celebs) go mostly ignored. Now obviously it may seem counterintuitive to want to see more black male babies born from such couples if they are going to be overlooked anyway. But to me its more about wanting to see society being given the finger with the birth of more of these black male children.
My feelings on this matter are also influenced by what I see coming from Madison Avenue too. Based on my unscientific observations when advertisers do go with a family with a black father and white mother, the compromise they make it to make the single child a girl the vast majority of the time. It is is as if they are trying to soften the blow with the idea that, hey, at least this fictional couple had a girl. I find this to be somewhat common on TV shows and movies too. There is something that irks white society (particularly white men) about a white woman loving a black man and then having a black/bi-racial black boy in the process which means there is another black male that she ends up loving. I think such an outcome vexes plenty of black women too. The idea IR couple (involving black and white people) for white society and for black women is the one that involves a white man and black woman with a little black girl as a result. A complete lack of presence of black males is such a key. Look at Oprah when there was that first and only commercial for her food products. There she was sitting at an idealistic dining room table in an idealistic setting. Sitting around her was a family which consisted of a white husband, a black wife and their black daughter. With Oprah and the wife representing black females you would think whoever was behind the commercial (which undoubtedly includes Oprah) could have thrown black males a bone by casting a black boy as the child. But, nope. That would go against their ideal IR family image. No Black Males Allowed.
Going back to softening of blows, I also tend to think that a lot of black women who are not in favor of a black male celebrity hooking up with a white woman (or non-black woman) will end up being more accepting of the couple if they end up producing girls as offspring. Or perhaps it is more like they learn to tolerate the couple or ignore them altogether and simply devote their love and attention to the little girl. I'm certain this definitely happened a lot with Kim and Kanye's daughter.
So wrapping it up this is why I feel the way I do regarding this situation. It's not as if I hate little black girls or anything, I'm simply worn down by society's bullshit and double standards. I love seeing a white female hook up in a celebrity relationship with a black man and a black male baby being the result of that union. Even if the relationship goes sour and the couple breaks up, that mom will almost certainly still love the black boy she brought into the world. And that would drive certain segments of our society nuts...which is a good thing.
