How to Keep Your Black Woman (for the white men who love them)
Guess Who was a film for the children. Something New is for grown folks.
I caught a sneak preview of Something New today courtesy of my girls Tia and Toya aka Black Girls Like Us. I REALLY liked this movie. It's very rare that anyone writes drama-free* love stories for the urban audience much less a story for educated black women. (*Please note the usage here. I don't mean the film didn't have a story, I just mean there was no cheating or fist fights.)
Furthermore, it's about time somebody wrote a manual for the white man on How to Keep your Black Woman. I suppose the caveat to this would be the appendix item: Black men, if, like Blair Underwood's character, you are successful, well-meaning and still get dissed for no appearant reason by a sister of equal status, please do not be offended and switch teams. There are other sistas out there who will drop everything to be with you.
The manual in a nutshell (everything else falls under the general "love" category):
- Try to make yourself known. (Work the room. Show you ain't skaird.)
- When a brotha steps to you about the relationship, come correct. (DO NOT miss this one or you are SO FIRED!) a.k.a. Stand up for your relationship at all costs.
- Don't whig out when it's time to talk about issues of race.
- Stay away from a sista's hair please! (Don't make her tell you twice.)
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I was going to post on that movie but I passed on it because I realized that most brothers are not taking care of business and the sisters have been there for us for so long and we as an aggregate have not delivered. I thought the movie was good but I was more impressed at the critique of the Black upper class.
Great post,
Brandon
www.thesuperspade.com
Thank you brotha Brandon! I only wish more black men could catch the vision.
I know brothers are under a lot of societal pressure and what-have-you but sometimes a little imperfection and a lot of honesty is just what the doctor ordered.
Hey, if I could find a black man like Simon's character in the film, I could finally make my mother's dream come true...
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