Death to "Black Love"(tm)

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"Black Love" as a concept has been around for decades as an aesthetic that black people aspire to when seeking out romantic partnerships. However, when you sit back and examine the concept of how we imagine black love, you realize the "black" part of it doesn't mean a whole lot. In fact, a lot of how we look at and define black love seems to be directly connected to an image of love that is completely pulled from frameworks that were never meant for black people.

In this video F.D examines the dangers and problems of accepting this framework uncritically and talks to various black couples about their experiences with love as well as shows like HBO's Love Live and Insecure as well and numerous pop culture happenings with intended goal of killing our concept of black love goals.

00:00 A word from A.J Signifier
03:50 Black Love really ain't it
11:10 Black Love and Gender Roles ain't it
33:26 Black Love and Growth ain't it
39:17 Black Love and Conflict ain't it
50:01 The Smith's might be on to something...(also ignore the typo)
55:48 Final Thoughts

Beat- Jobii, 404 Days of Christmas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ArJGgNHslA


Tee Noir- Polyamory, entanglements, and black love enterprise- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-bplPQGtlM&t=250s

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