Where to read B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story by James Earl Hardy portable francais eReader book italian

Where to read B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story by James Earl Hardy portable francais eReader

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Over all, while I’m not totally sure it’s a love story, I really enjoyed “B-Boy Blues”. I felt Hardy was true to the story that he wanted to tell. Is it for everybody? Probably not. But to me that’s what makes it good. He delved into a lot of issues that affect all black Americans but also discussed issues of homophobia. It’s interesting to me, actually, that a few reviews say that every white person in the book was evil. Now, this book is not for the uneducated reader and it’s definitely not for the “outsider reader” (not black, not a black male not gay) who doesn’t want to be hit with a lil education.I thought the random white people they came across were believable. You have to qualify the part of town they were in, a safe space for gay, black men. It is no surprise, really, that the white men they would meet in that environment would be side-eyed. It’s sort of like when you see a white person in the hood…you look twice because what the hell are they doing there? Playing Columbus or trying to get someone in trouble? I felt it was fair and made me believe the setting more. But my point is, all the white people were not “evil”. There was Denise, Mitch’s coworker who was a white woman and, unlike most white women, was very aware of where she stood in society because of her white womanhood and the prejudices a person like Mitch dealt with daily. There was also Professor O’Neill at the end who Mitch credits with giving him the advice that allowed him to leave his job at “Your World” comfortably. So to say Mitch (or the author) doesn’t like white people seems to just be misreading the text. Although Mitch can get preachy (a preachy-ness which sometimes took away from the flow of the fiction) he seems to have a problem only with white people who want to benefit from white supremacy without being called on it, re-write history (Elias calling slaves “workers”) or the ones that objectify black men. I don’t see a problem with that and if you do, you should check yourself before calling anyone else “racist”. Hardy also doesn’t limit his social commentary to white people. He’s as hard on the b-boys as he is on them. He addresses the hyper masculinity of black men and the violence towards femininity in society. And I don’t think he did that condescendingly. The playing field is leveled in the final sex scene where he “does” Pooque, instead of the other way around. I think it was well done. I did think that he could have spent more time delving into Pooque’s issues with the feminine throughout the book. It seemed to mostly come in the second half, even though Mitch had assumed the “womanly” role from the very beginning of the relationship. I did have a couple issues with “B-Boy Blues”: I don’t think the domestic violence should have been included if Mitch and Rahiem were to end up back together. I felt the domestic violence was glossed over—they never actually discuss it, although we do get Rahiem’s issue with being called the “F” word. Granted I realize this is a part of a series and so we’re not pretending they walk off into the sunset (I assume the following books are also about these characters). But…I mean Mitch had to get dental work done! This was a bad hit! I don’t know if it was forgivable and it really made me question Rahiem’s stability. Granted his friend had just died…I don’t know. That made Rahiem really unappealing to me.Another thing: although it’s never explicitly said, the reader is led to believe that Rahiem cheated on Mitch and Mitch not only didn’t seem all that bothered by it (more annoyed than hurt), he seemed to expect it. Also, what was the deal with BD and Babyface? Again, infidelity not only being ignored but embraced. And they were getting married!I think in this book, there was a very real sense of lust being called love. Ironically, the only couple that might have actually been in love, was Gene and Carl. Overall, I recommend this book. B-Boy Blues seemed to be a genuine recount of life for black gay men in ‘90s New York. It reminded me a lot of “Paris is Burning”. I loved the voice of the MC Mitch. Though his preaching could get annoying at times, you could tell that he really believed in what he believed in and for me that made him likable. I didn’t like Rahiem as much, but they was cute togevah…I guess *sucks teeth*. Yeah, a good read. I plan on reading the next one in the series.
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Where to read B-Boy Blues: A Seriously Sexy, Fiercely Funny, Black-on-Black Love Story by James Earl Hardy portable francais eReader book italian

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