Fear of a black penis. (white males' perceptions of black males) (Man Trouble)

Artforum International, April, 1994 by Mercer, Kobena

White males perceive black males within a stereotype characterized by inferiority and being capable of unmanageable violence and uncontrolled eroticism. Black males are feared for their generalized ability to display their sexuality and for their imagined offensiveness against white females. The concept of white supremancy is carried over even among people of the same gender, and is expressed in violence against black men.

One of the police officers in the attack on Rodhey King is called Sergeant Stacey Koon. With a name like that, maybe you might have a problem about "race" too. According to Koon, when King was approached by a white female Highway Patrol officer with a gun, "He grabbed his butt with both hands and began to shake and gyrate his fanny in a sexually...

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