Former NFL linebacker Channing Crowder is right when he says that Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson is a square. “I don’t wanna be soothing,” Crowder said after learning that Wilson prefers to listen to R&B music in the locker room before games. That’s always been the rub for Black men; too far one way and you’re a menace, too far the other way and you have lost your Black card. What’s required is a broader definition of masculinity that allows for Black men to be “soft,” nerdy or vulnerable. There’s this trite sentiment and belief that Black men can only be one-dimensional hood adjacent figures.

Source: Huffington Post August 11, 2022 00:56 UTC