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Analysis: The Homosexual Agenda Is Destroying The Black Man

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In a 2015 article titled, “The Homosexual Agenda is Destroying the Black Man”, Marque-Anthony, a staff writer for ‘ThyBlackMan’ -- an online blog that aims to ‘unite Black men’ wrote,
“There is a strategic and deliberate effort by the powers that be who control the media [...] to emasculate men (specifically African American[s]), reduce our roles and impact in society and create a new class of effeminate young men who are lost and who think their behavior is normal.”
This behavior referring to homosexuality; and, this belief, about non-dominant Black sexualities, shared amongst thousands of other Black men. Homosexuality, or queerhood, in African American communties has long time been a taboo, a problem, an inconsistency. Something either …show more content…

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