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Article: Strong, solid & steady: a celebration of the real Black man.
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- September 1, 1990
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Strong, Solid & Steady
A Celebration Of The Real Black Man
Don't believe the myths. Dream mates are everywhere!
AS we enter the `90s, the image of Black men in America can only be described as horrific. The collective portrait--in movies, the media and far too many minds--is a combination of stereotypes that, at best, portray them as lazy and shiftless, and at worst, menacing and dangerous.
The problems of Black men have been well-chronicled. But what gets lost in all the sensational statistics, all the time-worn stereotypes, are the multitudes of Black men--and there are scores of them--who, without fanfare or need of it, embody ...