Mythologizing Black Women by Slatton Brittany C.;

Author:Slatton, Brittany C.; [Slatton, Brittany C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2016-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

Thomas, relying on constructions of black intellectual and moral inferiority, explicitly names American culture as Eurocentric. Like the other respondents, he views black culture as problematic and places the solution to what he defined as the “defunct” and “corrupt” behavior of blacks in the assimilation of blacks to white culture. There has long been a “culture of poverty” argument espoused by white commentators and mainstream social scientists. The culture of poverty argument (directed at blacks) is rooted in the viewpoint that faulty values and behavior, commonly noted as immorality, broken families, delinquency, and a poor work ethic, as opposed to structural economic issues, are the root of poor blacks’ problems. However, this inaccurate argument ignores “centuries of structural discrimination and socioeconomic factors” and instead places the blame solely on impoverished blacks.16 Although this argument has predominantly been used to explain the culture of poor blacks, derogatorily termed the black “underclass,” many of the respondents in this section used this notion of supposed bad cultural behavior and values of poor blacks to represent black culture in totality.

Norman, a college-educated male from Tennessee, also views black culture as problematic and white culture as the standard blacks must adopt. In the following quote, he states why it is problematic for black women to resist white culture:

A culture that opposes “being white” and has fewer role model relationships results in more black women being constitutionally opposed to vulnerability and openness than women in other ethnic groups. I find this unattractive because it makes any romantic relationship less intimate by necessity. I find these traits equally unappealing in all women of all ethnic groups.

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