The movie, Moonlight, follows Chiron, who is a young black man growing up in Miami. Chiron struggles with his sexuality and what it means to be a gay black man in America. It’s an amazing story that deconstructs stereotypes of black masculinity. The article Moonlight, Masculinity, and Black Male Sexualities explains that “black men experience additional strain due to racialized stereotypes that depict them as inherently dangerous and hypersexual” and this often causes many queer black men to resist coming out to avoid harassment and violence.
If you haven’t already, I’d highly recommend watching Moonlight and gaining a new perspective of black masculinity.
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