Dancing was also understood to be an important aspect of achieving black masculinity, as it was associated with hip-hop culture.
As a black nerd, Earle complicates traditional ideas of black masculinity.
This questions how alternative black masculinities that deviate from Black Power's image can fit into an identity of blackness.
At its beginnings, the Black Panther Party reclaimed black masculinity and traditional gender roles.
The sensationalized stereotypes of black masculinity, were continually used by white conservative journalists and politicians to display the failures of Reconstruction.
He went on to ask whether the notion of "academic achievement" could coexist with notions about "black masculinity" in contemporary culture.
Neal has written and lectured extensively on black popular culture, black masculinity, sexism and homophobia in Black communities, and the history of popular music.
Hotel room interiors are bold monochrome creations, with the slick black masculinity offset by softer touches such as suede fabrics and opaline glass ornaments.
They looked the very embodiment of virile black masculinity.