Addressing Donald Glover and His ‘Fear’ of Black Women

Let’s end this discussion once and for all…

Although I detest being baited into conversations uniquely designed to elicit adverse reactions from my particular demographic, here we are. And before we go any further, I would like to go on record as someone who has been a fan of Donald Glover’s work. I probably will continue to listen and tune in to his various audio/visual projects in the foreseeable future. In fact, I have been collecting my thoughts on his show, Atlanta, and plan to do a series detailing my scattered thoughts on the latest season. Overall, since we have so few thought-provoking Black shows on television, I somewhat enjoy the show and feel it is worthy of regular social commentary.

All that aside, the Redbone crooner has been going down the wrong road for quite some time. I mean, he has been very vocal about his preferences for White and Asian women since the very beginning and even cracked a highly controversial joke about race play that didn’t seem to fare well with most audiences. And, by and large, Black women have continued to support his art.

Let’s switch this around. Is it possible that a Black woman could denounce the entire Black male population, make jokes about race play, make songs with controversial titles and subjects, and still receive support from Black men? If so…