Black HERstory

The history of sexual stereotypes about people of African Descent runs deeply.The european propagation of sexual stereotypes about African people has occurred in all forms of media from the racist iconography of King Kong and the objectification of Saartje Baartman to the self perpetuated, self defacing posturing by individuals such as the entertainer Josephine Baker to the populist American music artists paid to perpetuate one-dimensional caricatures for the benefit of commercial entertainment businesses. The sexless mammy, domineering Mandingo, exotic temptress, oversexed 'buck', noble savage, sassy vamp, jezebel and the insatiable rapist are all but a few of the eurocentric caricatures created in order to perpetuate the racist sub human inferiority of African people with a diminished capacity to express love. These stereotypes were designed to justify the enslavement of Africans based on their perceived irrepressible animalistic drive to indulge in carnal activities without regard to morality. Ironically, the reality indicts the asiatic and european slavers for exhibiting sexually immoral, violent and abusive behaviour. Rape of African women, men and children was common amongst these groups.During the era of colonial enslavement europeans feared the idea of helping arm collaborating Africans with weapons, one strategy used to warn of the dangers of African men enlisting in their armies was the promotion of sexual stereotypes demonising African people as sexual predators.Posters, films, children’s books and even satirical medal spreading racist sexual stereotypes were produced. One such medal was made by the infamous Karl Goetz. It contained the head of a sexually insatiable African soldier and that of a nude european woman tied to an African phallus in order to protest the sending of African French colonial troops to occupy the Rhine territory. The european obsession with African sexuality continues to this day and blacks have been brainwashed to participate in it. an example of sexual exploitation of the black woman is illustrated in the video "tip-drill". Nelly swiping a credit card down the backside of a black woman with a large behind is nothing but a newer version of the exploitation of Saartje Baartman