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The Black Manosphere is Not An Ally To Black Women
In chat rooms and YouTube channels, Black men parrot conservative talking points and bunk social science to demonize Black women
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“White stuff.” That’s how Skyler describes his interests by the time he got to college. As a preteen, he had moved with his family from the entirely Black neighborhood he’d grown up in to a predominantly White suburb; the next few years were an exercise in cultural assimilation. In college, he even joined a majority-White fraternity.
But after the 2016 presidential election fueled racial tensions on campus, Skyler began distancing himself from his frat brothers — and seeking out the culture he had drifted from. Eventually, music and reading led him to YouTube, where he came across Red Pill Table Talk, run by a creator calling himself Angryman. Through Angryman, Skyler descended into a YouTube rabbit hole he never even knew existed.
The men he watched discussed a variety of topics, but seemed preoccupied with women. Some showed their faces. Others remained anonymous. Few used their real names. At first he thought they were harmless — but things changed, and…
