'Baby Boy': THIS is the REASON Black Women are Divesting.

[@ThePinkPill_OG]

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[@kittykatz4001]

Will it be recorded? I’m unavailable this evening.

[@alishadennis7769]

How do I sign up.

[@All_eyez_on_me1]

Finally black women are waking up and walking away from glocktavis 🙌🏾

[@chareewilliams8802]

Not glocktavis. 😂

[@crazycatlady312]

🤣🤣 this tickled me

[@Roccofan]

LOL. No you’re not. Can you provide us with a statistic or two to back that up? A few youtube video commentaries does not change make. What color is the sky where you live?

[@OpulentAristocrat]

Factsssss!

[@jaybae7315]

😂

[@cyndeepokorny3413]

Never let a man use or borrow your car. Can confirm they will use it to see other women and hang out w their boys. Never to find a job, “build” or anything of value.

[@theghostofarchiebunker8859]

A man? Or a male? Lol theirs a difference

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

My mom used to do this when I was a kid for nearly all of her boyfriends. One time she let her BF ( who was broke AF) drive her car for the day and she was taking the city bus!!!🤯 At the time, I was 11 and indoctrinated with blackistan propoganda, and even I knew something wasn't right about that!😭

[@MrsBerry-of3lr]

@Michael Mills now go tell your brothers to do better so sisters like her have better to choose from.

[@God-Love-Freedom]

Never allow a man to use, borrow, or loan anything of yours. And if he asks, remove him from your life.

[@thehamsterarmy2380]

I honestly don't watch anything starring black people. harsh I know, but black women are never portrayed how I view myself or how black women should be potayed. I stick to kdramas. I don't need the struggle to leech onto me

[@kittykatz4001]

Exactly. I’d rather watch a costume drama! I don’t watch Blk movies or read Blk fiction either. #Waiting4NextBridgertonEpisode!

[@alanadawn1755]

Agreed! Kdramas are where it’s at! I’ll stay over there!

[@ChiChichiwe01]

💯🤌🏽

[@OG_Bap]

I feel the same

[@questionresearch8721]

The harshness needs to be said. I remember at the family BBQ and this black woman claimed the movie was so good and Jody grew up at the end of the movie. I asked where did he grow up. I said to her at 17 it was a horrible movie.

[@PaperMario64]

I think the purpose of this film was missed by many at the time. instead of serving as a warning, it normalized the mentality because it just reflected what we already saw around us, the same way that rap music did.

[@OG_Bap]

The ending had a happy ending.. that’s not reality 99.9% of the time

[@teniaosayande6355]

indeed the point was missed by the majority of our community. it was glorified; especially by bw because Jody was so fine.

[@bikeshop2002]

well said

[@lune2256]

My mom never allowed me to watch this movie, now I see why.

[@deenadream]

You have a great mom

[@tvelicia]

When this movie came out, I was in my mid-30s. Since I didn't grow up in the environment depicted in the movie, I thought it was an over-dramatization and was stereotypical. Now I see unfortunately that this environment and behavior is much more common that I thought.

[@ladyelevator5693]

Movies like these are of the reasons why I am RARELY excited when a new "black" movie comes out. They are almost always the same: drugs, bums, desperate bw disguised as "strong" but really she's weak, struggle to get out of the hood (dance to get out, sing/step/rap, etc), pimping, prostitution and crackheads, some kind of struggle love, gangs, crime, poverty, cars, sports, beauty/barbershop (I admit I did kinda like Barbershop despite the stereotypes) church folk cheating and wh0ring, etc. If not those things, then some kind of racism which isn't overcome until the last 3mins of the movie.

[@denise9323]

Propaganda

[@bigche5859]

Exactly… I can’t do any of these movies… it’s always some type of dysfunction..

[@indigolynn4192]

DAMN

[@smustipher]

I know! I was explaining to a relative that I gave up on "Black Media/Movies" in the 90's because all the stories ans characters came across as negative sterotypes to me. She replied "why?". I cited the same tropes you listed above and she gave me a blank look. "So?". That's when I knew the conversation was over before it even began. SMH

[@beesworld04]

This!!!

[@nasonyarowell2277]

As a whole, I'm not interested in black men. The things you just described are typical characteristics of many black men. I'm not interested in poverty or most black lifestyles. The men with something to offer want a non-black women. I feel like I deserve better than broke down men.

[@anonymousbee931]

I never liked black movies in the 90's. It was always struggle love or gangster movies.

[@MrsNicolas]

Because struggle love was big back then and still is for the most part. While more BW are starting to wake up to struggle love, it's still not the majority.

[@Bloombaby99]

Black boys and black men have no idea how good they've had it. Every nonblack race/ethnicity of people I've talked to and have a connection with would *NEVER* allow such infantile behavior and attitudes from their men and boys. Even the boys and men in the nonblack communities who grew up without fathers still had an idea of what manhood was because there were other men in their communities to hold them accountable and show them the way.

[@ltiya75islearning82]

I have a coworker who has not spoken to his childfriend in 30+ years because he friend is a deadbeat dad. And yes, he is non-black.

[@tochukwunjoku]

Very true!! I work in corporate UK and I see this played out daily - where the young junior analyst/consultants etc are groomed (indirectly) for the position of directorship. Asian men and white men actively groom their young ones (boys mainly) to take over when they are no longer there. However, all I see (some) black men do in the other hand is perpetuation of destructive behaviour - they do not value the idea of leaving good legacy behind.

[@raw5889]

How good they had it? Growing up with no father and under the leadership of a woman. Only to be criticized by said woman for the behaviors she raised you with, that's a process life to you I presume.

[@rainburt5704]

@@raw5889 You males love playing the victim. Black women also grow up without fathers and are treated wayyy worse in society than black men are, yet they don't make excuses for their behaviors and are successful in life. And if you're upset with how your mother raised you, you should also be angry with the man who didn't care about you or her whatsoever, so much that he left you fatherless. You do have it good. Other races/culture, even in Africa, would never accept the degeneracy that we see black American males display every day. Stop playing victim and do better.

[@MG-zz1hp]

Your commentary is spot on and this dysfunction has been normalized in the black community and its sickening.

[@AquaBoogie80z]

Who votes for liberal social and political agendas year after year? Your values reflect in your outcomes. You can't blame what you raise.

[@patrinajackson4533]

Very sad in Black community that main reason we stay poor.

[@jackiejenn8685]

The director, John Singleton himself has 7 kids with different women. It seems like he was only married once to Akosua Busia for only 1 year as well he’s not any better. Rich black men are dusty too 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@mochamommyATX]

He died alone....his girlfriend could not be there with him because she had no Medical Power of Attorney after hid stroke. His kids are still fighting over his estate.

[@phalynwilliams4119]

@@mochamommyATX , Exactly! John Singleton lived a lot of the nonsense that was depicted in his films. SMH

[@hoodlutalo3708]

@@mochamommyATX damn

[@questionresearch8721]

@@mochamommyATX He left confusion.

[@deenadream]

@@mochamommyATX oh my goodness

[@paintandpearls6960]

BM and some BW swear this is a love story Smh

[@PortraitofAsha]

Just lost

[@Bloombaby99]

When you put somebody on a pedestal without them having earned that position, they will not love you, they will hate you because the position you've given them not only confuses them but it showcases their lackadaisical attitudes and ignorance. By doing so, you also inadvertently put them in a position of expected responsibility that they are not willing to fulfill. Deep down, they know they are not worthy of the pedestal you've put them on.

[@kittykatz4001]

Thank you for your message. I agree. Pls try posting on some of those BW Blk male worship channels too.

[@girlygirllocssoul]

THIS!!!! 🎯 Us BW need to stop this with our BM.

[@OpulentAristocrat]

AND they will do everything in the power to destroy you for it! Learned this the hard way 🗣

[@rachelrochelle3714]

Jody was a straight up bum in this movie.

[@diannwhitaker6]

I had an ex boyfriend take a joint out of his pocket and put it in my car ashtray while I was driving! I pulled over and kicked him and his joint out of my car. If we would have been pulled over by the cops, he could easily say it wasn’t his joint (and I don’t smoke 🌱) and I would go to jail!

[@hellostorm7661]

Nip it in the bud, literally! Good for you.

[@peacelily6249]

Thank you Diann for your maturity. I used to work as a LEO and this is so true.

[@queennoluthando2269]

Good for you, he was being disrespectful.

[@narlywaves2371]

That was an intentional set up.. I was shy and a loner in H.S., this one year some guy finally got me to accept his ride home. He starts smoking weed. I asked him to put it out. I was seen as a nice girl...the smart girl...and i think he wanted to set me up. He didnt put it out. I got out the car and walked two miles to the next bus station. I was good with that..

[@kathleenking47]

Also, contact high, is a REAL THING DRIVING

[@chellejohnson8880]

You missed the Oedipus Complex Jody has for his mom. Melvin even mentioned it in the movie. He has an unhealthy attachment and maybe even an attraction to his mom. This is prevalent in the BC and have seen it play on both sides, where the mom treats her son like he's her man. It's disgusting and dysfunctional. Great commentary💜

[@Bloombaby99]

Great job mentioning that.

[@someareroses]

Yes, my uncle (40+,made mentally ill by an car accident during adolescence) just returned to his childhood home where I (24) live with his mom, my grandmother (69). I started noticing right away that my grandmother was crossing boundaries and almost trying to simulate married domestic life with my uncle like he was her man while also infantalising him like a prepubescent child. All this is further complicated by his very real mental challenges. It's bizarre and alarming but I see it in other mother-son relationships I observe in this black poor and working-class community in South Africa.

[@rkeve6352]

The film is a documentary on black male psychology

[@narlywaves2371]

I cringe how these moms on fb have pet names for their son.

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

This is very true! Personally, it's super off-putting when I hear a single mom call her little son the "Man of the house". I always think to myself, "Ma'am, the man of the house would be your protector/provider HUSBAND. Not your 11 year old son!!" It just seems like giving the son a role that's meant for her spouse and it's weird!😶

[@moedollaz6551]

My toxic ex called me Evette I was so angry but he was right I had to snap out of it and realize these boys don't want to be men.

[@vistacruz9989]

There's a scene where Jody goes to vist his friend. This friend lives with his girlfriend, and the girlfriend's mom. This dude is arguing with the girlfriend, and casually threatens to put hands on her. The girlfriend and her mom say nothing about it. This dude apolgizes, and spouts off about how these women provide for him, and he just wants to be a "family." The whole scene is cringy. I got the impression that he was sleeping with both women.

[@pianotnt]

and Jody's friend had no job but wanted in on jody's clothing business

[@atsilayona]

Her mom was too calm when all that was going on. It makes me wonder too. 🤔

[@LilithTheAquarian369]

And he murked Snoop💀

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

And he called them "Females" 🤮🤮🤮

[@LiLBoSsYBuNnY]

He was unhinged, I always thought the mom was scared

[@God-Love-Freedom]

My parents didn’t watch “black” movies as I was growing up. As an adult when I tell other black people I haven’t seen “New Jack City”, “Baby Boy”, “Coming to America”, “Boys in the Hood”, “Poetic Justice”, etc, etc - their response is always “Are you black?” 🙄

[@IK_4]

I was in my early 20’s when this movie came out. At that age, I was able to see the message this movie was “trying” to expose. Unfortunately most people at that time totally missed the message, as they did with Boyz in the Hood and Menace to Society. They found nothing wrong with the characters because it is what they experienced on a daily basis or what they perceived to be normal. Now 20 plus years later, I am able to see the movie as more problematic than just the fact that people didn’t “get it”. Even the way the movie ended, with them making up and being together, like it was some kind of a fairytale ending 🙄 Absolutely normalizing struggle love. I didn’t even get that part at the time, and was rooting for them.

[@Talldoll1]

Omg! I was a teenager when this came out! No one was having the proper conversation about this movie. Looking back, this was terrible for impressionable teenagers!

[@pianotnt]

I was 26 years old when it came out

[@Traceydove]

That’s not your fault. A lot of us were to young to understand the message of those films back then. We simply did not know the negative impact of struggle love and how BM are not the backbone and the strength of the community. Those movies were powerful messages back then to control BW and we simply did not know.

[@SativaSeanLasVegas]

Struggle is normalized for African Americans, it gets fed as normal by white society ever day all day, until we enact color blind policies, it will stay this way - but don't worry- I'm on it!

[@rkeve6352]

I watched it in my late teens as well and it made me not date black men for 10 years. To me this is a horror movie

[@gabriellehanks6850]

This movie came out when I was 21 and even then I thought Evette was stupid. Black men loved this movie but it made them look horrible.. I recall telling my hubby (not black) about this film a few years ago when we were talking about IR dating. I used it as an example of how reflective it was of black American romantic relationships. He said he had never seen it and didn't wanna see it and Jody needed to get a damn job and stop living off women. BTW.. One of scariest parts of this movie to me was the scene where Melvin put Jody in a choke hold during a verbal confrontation and told him if they had been in prison together, he *woulda made Jody "get on his knees" and perform a sexual act* . Melvin was clearly R- wording other men in prison based on the dialogue in that scene. Not once did Jody consider or mention that this was the same man sleeping with his mama. It was like that scene went over the head's of everyone. When this movie first came out I never heard even one person talking about that scene or how scary it was. It was just totally glossed over by everyone...😤

[@potofgoldseeker4248]

I would always block out that part of the movie because it creeped me out so bad. But it interesting that he accepted defeat from Mel and didn't tell his mom

[@rkeve6352]

Omg girl you gonna make me watch this crazy crap again! I remember that scene, isn't that when he licked Jodi's head?

[@missyouhoo]

@@rkeve6352 yup

[@LiLBoSsYBuNnY]

I just rewatched it. He said, “ that’s right you’re a scared little chocolate bunny. If we were on lock down, I’d make you get on your knees and fix it. 20 years”. My goodness, this couldn’t have been on the tv version. I think this went over a lot of heads because he was talking in a low volume and hard to make out without replaying. Nonetheless, this is def problematic

[@crazycatlady312]

Im actually glad I watched this movie as a child. It taught me how ridiculous it is to engage in these type of dusty entanglements

[@narlywaves2371]

😂😂😂

[@fatudaniel7301]

Gen Z black girls are wild. That's all I'm gonna say. 😊 No more mammy behaviors.

[@MrsBerry-of3lr]

I envy that at the same time encourage it😏. I was an outcast back in the day. Before it was even a thing to divest, that was what I was doing and the mammies, and dusties hated me.

[@saramatthews7159]

Im so proud of these younger ladies and that they're changing the narrative.

[@kathleenking47]

Especially female rappers..like one named Glorilla The girl calls herself a monkey..like a white supremist

[@donnamcintosh2109]

I love the analysis of this movie. Let bm tell it, only the single mothers who is ruining blackistan. If bm would have been responsible fathers, the sons would have been better. I hardly watch "black" movies because the majority of them are depressing and remind me of dysfunctional blackistan.

[@kittykatz4001]

Ditto. Same for reading Blk fiction. Shudders !

[@tammybenaytv4631]

I knew this movie was trash way before my divestment/level up days. The same with Love and Basketball. I could barely make it through either movie. Yet, Black folks had them on repeat.

[@RoRo-gm7ee]

Good point about Love & Basketball. I want to add Love Jones, Jason’s Lyric, Waiting to Exhale, etc.

[@spicyshayyy]

I was thinking of Love and Basketball too! Que expected Monica to throw her away her dreams because his dad cheated on his mom. Then she chases his lame ass for love. She deserved better -_-

[@MsSjchic]

This dusty black male movie is truly the dust that keeps on giving.

[@DD_MENEN]

🤣🤣🤣

[@salsasoul4112]

"The dust that keeps on giving..." Please put your name on this one. LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@TruthofAce]

🤣thank you for making me truly laugh…”the dust that keeps on giving “ friggin priceless because it’s so dang true

[@Marchelette]

This is not just a movie 🎥. It’s real life. My uncle is a real life baby boy. He is one sorry excuse for a man. He dates women who take care of him. He offers nothing in the relationship except sex. It’s very sad 😞 because it’s a thinking problem. People don’t know better. They just repeat cycles. 💔

[@MrsNicolas]

I went to elementary school in the area where the movie was filmed ( coliseum elementary) and it's pretty accurate when it comes to majority of the men in that area.... MAJORITY. It's no wonder why my ex- best friend ( met each other in that same elementary school) ended up with 3 kids by 3 different men, and she had 3 abortions after her first child, trying to" prevent" from having more kids. Yet, she refused to make men wear rubbers and when I mentioned birth control, she said no, it'll makes her fat. I'll admit, the girl had a banging body that would make men break their necks trying to look at it. However, she didn't know how to use that body to become a wife instead of a serial baby mama. When your surroundings is 80/90% hoodlums, its seems like there's no way out and the best you can get is someone like Jody 🤮 I was raised similar to her, but I didn't continue to go to school in her area. After graduating from elementary school, my parents had me go to middle school closer to home ( Inglewood CA), which is SLIGHTLY better than "THE JUNGLES" AKA Baldwin hills. Our biggest difference was that I was raised in a two parent home ( stepfather), but didn't have my bio-Dad's in my life. While she did have her bio-Dad's in her life, but very rarely ( he was a come around once a month type of dad). Surroundings play a big role on a childs mindset growing up, and not all are resilient to their environment.

[@ThePinkPill_OG]

Yup. I was there too. Went to Loyola and it was adjacent.

[@MrsNicolas]

@@ThePinkPill_OG The way the manosphere makes it seem, is as if there's only 20% pookies and Ray rays walking around in each neighborhood. Some neighbors have 70 to 95% pookies, with very few educated lames, because they all want to be the cool guy. While other neighborhoods have higher educated lames, but they want to act willfully obtuse as if they don't know this information. When there's a saturation of hoodlums( Jody's) similar to Baldwin hills, then we get a 70% out of wedlock rate.

[@say.yes.]

I asked my friend (who is Colombian of very little color) who finds black men attractive, why she never dates 1? She appeared to be at a loss for words. Then she simply says... " when I was little and saw babyboy, it made me feel thats what you'll get with a bm, I could be wrong but my friends experiences line up to it"

[@IHB344]

This movie was a very accurate portrayal of black males. Nothing has changed.

[@coderedd20]

@R C not just black men. All men do it. It's just black men was convenient to point at??

[@bigbanknewyork3655]

Boyz in the Hood was 1991. South Central is still the same 30 years later.

[@mayasanders1046]

@@bigbanknewyork3655 Og Bobby Johnson also

[@rkeve6352]

This movie made me not date black men for about 10 years.. not even joking. I was physical afraid of becoming Yvette

[@dnw75]

This movie was trash at its finest.

[@AlonaBallardBuckeyeJeans]

Wow.. this was so on point. This movie is on replay in so many black hair salons. So many people have been programmed. It makes me want to cry.

[@truthserum1271]

That sundress is giving… life and loveliness🌻🌻🌻💛💛💛

[@Wanjiro81]

I’ve NEVER liked this raggedy movie

[@DW-es2en]

I love this breakdown. I remember seeing this movie as a teen but could never understand the hype of it.

[@questionresearch8721]

Me too.

[@mystea840]

You missed the ending where she married that dust bag who murdered her violent ex-boyfriend lol. I now see that movie as a horror film. Thanks C!

[@RoRo-gm7ee]

I was thinking this

[@hadbetterdays8118]

This was always a tragic ending in my oppinion

[@SelfLove4eva]

I’ve always hated this movie when I was younger I just didn’t know why. Jodie is a dusty.

[@iwhippedcreamcode4642]

Everybody in that Movie was UNEDUCATED!.... Not Appealing!

[@kittykatz4001]

Exactly. With the exception of my job, I’m not around hood ppl on my non work time. Why would I pay admission for a film about uneducated hood ppl? I grew up around uneducated ppl (incl family). I left that mess behind.

[@kittykatz4001]

I’m listening to CK old videos with KsC. It’s ironic that BW were upset about a baby carrier box with a picture of a Blk mother and infant alone but the box with wppl had mom dad and baby, but no outcry about how BW were portrayed in this horrid movie. Make it make sense. It’s the hypocrisy and selective outrage for me.

[@mardycv535]

Not that I disagree with you, but it can be argued that the movie is art, the Ad is propaganda? In this case the selective outrage is valid. The movie was made for a specific audience, the depiction on the product was Not for a specific/target audience.

[@kittykatz4001]

@@mardycv535 I don’t think the triggered baby mamas who were frothing at the mouth thought any of this out. They didn’t like what they saw in the mirror (on that box). Too much reality. Those were some deluded women.

[@Soulterics]

I never understood why the community likes that movie so much 😕

[@ogolden8315]

Love the deep dives. Also.. BM can’t blame BW for the negative images of BM that were portrayed. Wasn’t this movie written and produced by other BM?

[@ThePinkPill_OG]

"Wasn’t this movie written and produced by other BM?" >>>>yes.

[@Slow-Rolling]

@@ThePinkPill_OG … He also shows the so called educated Bw that keeps choosing these type of guys 🤔. You left that part out huh??? 😂

[@CapricornQueen7425]

You know what I found disturbing is how they tried to paint the mother's boyfriend as the good guy at the end of the movie. As far as reproductive coercion is concerned get an IUD.

[@RoRo-gm7ee]

Right

[@deee3950]

These are painful to put in, but ask your doctor for numbing solution. And abortions and the thinning of your uterus is worse. Don’t allow these men to impregnate you. It’s not worth it.

[@tayashley3539]

I don't quite remember how old I was when this came out, Certainly not old enough to go and see it. I just remember seeing a group of elders walking out of the theater crying and then hearing stories about how traumatizing it was for some to see

[@crazycatlady312]

😂😂😂

[@denise9323]

This movie was more than entertainment, this was a documentary.

[@pianotnt]

All of the men have no real jobs well melvin had a lanscaping business but you never saw him doing someone else's yard

[@deenadream]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RoRo-gm7ee]

Good point

[@LisaSoulLevelHealing]

Yeah. ....I was like......ya'll don't see anything wrong this movie?? It was low vibrational. I knew this as a teen.

[@imo.124]

This movie has ALWAYS been triggering for me. Mainly because it's real life for some and I've witnessed the BoyMan with my own eyes.

[@Tyda777]

John Singleton has 7 (or 8) kids...yikes and was only married for 1 yr.

[@mochamommyATX]

His 1st wife was African royalty. Netty from the Color Purple. He fathered 7 kids by 5 women and his girlfriend could not advocate for him after his stroke because she had no medical power of attorney. His children were in COSTLY legal battles for their inheritance.

[@kittykatz4001]

I was an adult in the 90s. The only one of these “black” movies I saw was Soul Food. That movie got in my nerves to no end. I didn’t watch Blk tv shows with like Living Single. Also at some point in that decade, I lost interest in Blk periodicals too. I’m a big fiction reader, but it’s not Blk fiction I’m reading. Sorry, not sorry. I’m just realizing, I have been divested from Blk entertainment and media since the 90s. I quit dealing with b males in the 90s too. Unfortunately, I was too brainwashed for it to have occurred to me to open my options. #NoJiggaDietSinceThe90s

[@kittykatz4001]

@@dcg31free Exactly.

[@kathleenking47]

I put my toe in black media, but completely left after getting married in '89. Hes non black...so, I could see , black media was trash

[@velitelight]

One of those dusty hobo sexual predators were harassing, and stalking me everywhere I went in the gym. As a result, I closed out my membership, and joined another gym. However, when I first joined the new gym I was nervous, kept looking behind me and felt very uncomfortable due to the aforementioned experience. Many of these Black men have turned into dangerous predators and some are killing Black women, even more than its being reported. In fact, many of them are riding the buses and trains seeking to approaching Black women who they believe will surcomb to their B/S while they try to move into Black women's lives. Whenever, I see the aforementioned I run, if I had wings I would fly as far as I can.

[@mygorjesslife5505]

It’s sad because I’ve watched this movie multiple times , however I never noticed the abortion clinic intro until i watched it as an adult years later. It’s really scary how much this movie depicts black reality.

[@kathleenking47]

It's like, blacks don't use birth control and are sexually irresponsible? I know a man who only wanted one child. He had the child and got a vasectomy after..hes white

[@biggieshorty]

I mean who can argue with a portrayal of black men created and orchestrated by black men? No one. John Singleton said he made the movie as a wake up call but of course it was romanticized, celebrated and shrugged off as comedy when it should have been received the same as Boyz In The Hood... Oh wait... they took that movie and ran with it and acting it out as well... The way Singleton swept every facet of blackistan in this movie is amazing.

[@bigbanknewyork3655]

It was partly autobiographical since he had 5 baby mommas his damn self lol

[@Lenae23]

Because of this movie when a black person refer to their house as "The Crib" triggers the hell out of me. My brother does this and Im quick to correct him

[@SkippyLaughlin]

That's why I avoided these movies growing up. Such toxic backwards standards.

[@questionresearch8721]

I thought it was horrible then and I still think it's horrible. There are some warning signs to avoid arrested developed black men.

[@Tyda777]

STRUGGLE love 🤢🥰🤮 Let's WAKE UP ✊🏿👸🏿👑💍👰🏾‍♀️

[@Tara316]

I saw the movie when it first came out. I was an adult. I remember the dusties of my day finding this funny. It was not a warning. It was truly funny to them. They are not ashamed by this behavior.

[@nonelikememe]

This is the most toxic movie ever. The white love stories are called Romcoms...Romantic comedies..I call the black movies ToxRoms toxic romance. It's truly sad. We have been groomed to accept this behavior..no more ill rather die alone.

[@davidcassidy5868]

Finally RE-discovered You back on YT, Miss Christelyn ☺🌹❤👍

[@RawTalkCulture]

Great breakdown 💚 it's amazing what's right in out faces.

[@Ms.Williams84]

Tyrese was playing himself

[@happyclappy1805]

absolutely.

[@peacelily6249]

This is actually depressing.

[@mochamommyATX]

The life of the director was almost as problematic as the film itself. His 5th baby momma could not advocate for him medically after his stroke and his 7 children are locked in a COSTLY legal battle for their inheritance. This was an EDUCATED BM and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity inc.

[@deenadream]

Whoa!

[@magiciansalchemist3693]

Who Lied on a Radio Podcast Show that "Janet Jackson required Tupac take a AIDS test to Kiss Her"..Saying he Liked Janet Jackson and he knew Tupac Did..So he made it up to Sell the Movie . Completely Disrespecting her then husband Renee Elizondo. Yes BM Humiliated Janet Jackson Long Before Justin Timberlake

[@crazycatlady312]

Smh. This community will never learn to have their after life affairs in order 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@TrangPakbaby]

They can’t even die right. Always leave behind a mess for someone else to clean

[@submissiveproviderstboth9485]

The " Educated Lame" and His DUST BOUND BOOKS😭😭😭

[@oshun2866]

I saw this when it first came out. It made me sad because the reality is that so many people I know had these toxic situations and the babies keep coming.

[@kathleenking47]

BM should get vasectomies until marriage? They are reversible these days, I hear

[@nanaanan4731]

I LOVED this video! I was so glad to hear you say this out loud, plain and simple. The title, the message, and I looooooooved that you had a written description of sexual coercion. I've never seen that before, but it is information about a reality that we need to know. Information about how to address and prevent sexual coercion is both new to me, and key for helping turn the tide, I think. Thank you for your work and your activism. This was powerful. It made me want to start a movement.

[@kittykatz4001]

She did a livestream about zexual coercion too, but I think the recording is behind her paywall now.

[@Thula_Impala96]

I’ve always hated this movie! The dust was so strong

[@jmjenkins97]

Interesting about leaving these women in vulnerable situation there was a white defense lawyer who came on YT and said in his line of work BW are left "holding the bag" when these dude i.e., bay boy type does their thing. This is so sad it's time ladies choose character over color.

[@BlairWaldorf2013]

Pink Pill…I know you said you were leaving from these kinds of platforms but TRULY these last few videos have been great and I think you should reconsider maybe uploading a couple videos a month. I’m so happy BW are waking up and seeing the gotcha gotcha of this mess and collectively saying NAH WE GOOD OVER HERE🙅🏽‍♀️

[@Bloombaby99]

Yvette was at fault too for the pregnancy because she also stopped taking her pills. I remember that part in the movie, too.

[@deenadream]

Yup on the phone with her best friend

[@Pretzelgal]

Very true. Especially since she's already the mother of his son.

[@GoddessBlueYozakura7]

Everyone knows most of those "pills" have a laundry list of side effects so I don't blame her for not taking them. Usually many don't take or even miss pills because it makes some women have extreme side effects including cancer or even death. When companies came out with BC for men, guess what the complain was ? They didn't want to take it because of the very small list of side effects. Imagine that? A condom is really the easiest and least invasive way to go. When women are on the pill, if they miss a few too many then they have to start over. So no it's bad enough he's abusing her by forcing her to have to keep getting abortions anyways but he can't even do the simplest and cheapest thing and wear a rubber.? The fault is 100% HIS. Remember she's not getting him pregnant. She's not getting herself pregnant. HE IS GETTING HER PREGNANT AND DOESN'T CARE AT ALL.

[@mayasanders1046]

@@GoddessBlueYozakura7 IUDs are a good idea

[@graciousgrace7509]

Lol not me getting a pink pill ad while watching "pink pill:

[@mmbbee]

More movie breakdowns please!!! this is sooo good!!! I loved that a black man directed this movie & exposed black men

[@DaliaDarling]

These movie break downs are so good. Thanks for your amazing work.

[@Maki-00]

I just watched this movie a few months ago, and yes, as a 47-year-old, I understand it in a way deeper way than I did when I was in my 20s!

[@LateshaRenee]

I just recently watched this movie for the first time. It's so accurate and sickening.

[@Shellacious808]

I loved this!!! This movie always rubbed me the wrong way. Please do more film analysis and break downs as it relates to the dysfunction of the black community. This was so needed.

[@callmebeauty3607]

It's been more than 5 decades Kristelyn. Black Mens' issues were documented as far back as in the Moynihan Report, which based its views on studies that were already decades old at that point. Black mens' issues are as old as the Black man is in America.

[@cameronhoward4718]

I’ve only seen this movie once when I was a kid (I’m 31 now) and I still think of it as a horror movie. The struggle and ratchetness of it all was legit terrifying lmao

[@doll.ov.poetrii4682]

Yup. Especially when Melvin (snoop Dogg) came to live with Yvette. She's so lucky he didn't end up k!lling her son!🤢

[@Mademoiselleantoine]

I was in middle school when the movie came out. I watched again as an adult, To be honest, the movie is very depressing and garbage. The movie made me realize that I need to divest from the community all together.

[@SELFCAREMODEL]

The amount of trauma in this movie is mind blowing 😨I haven’t watched this movie in years. But, you literally nailed this break down.

[@dangdeionn]

I never watched this movie this or atl, or love and basketball. I had GHETTO cousins who would always speak about these 3 movies and I never watched them cause what I heard about them was enough.

[@deenadream]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrsNicolas]

If I had to pick which one was the least ghetto out of those three movies, I would say love and Basketball. The other two were straight ratchet movies.

[@judithbih4296]

Am so happy to see how much your channel has changed, after all you’ve gone through, you came back powerfully. I use to watch your videos but never got the connection with you but since you came back , I feel so connected and feel your true spirit. Thumbs up 👍

[@deee3950]

I hated that movie growing up. I stopped watching and never picked it up again. On the flip side, I have found SO MANY PEOPLE who love this movie. It’s toxic

[@jmjenkins97]

This must be what these dudes mean when they say although they may not be married to the mothers but they are the most involved fathers...smh.

[@SeasonedWoman1900]

Love this! I didn't see the movie I don't like "hood" movies at all but it's always the same storyline. However, I do realize I've found myself in this same cycle. Just sad. We need what you're doing to open our eyes to do better as women and as a race Can you do a segment on brothas that date outside the race, blame Black women then still expect for us to be subjugated to them or have a sista in the background. I had one calling me all the time because he couldn't "relate" to the woman he married. My fault for listen as long as I did

[@Talldoll1]

You should check out her BWE/Divestment time capsule playlist. I'm sure this conversation is, in so many words, stated all over those videos. I just watched "The Original 'Stop it' Post"

[@Hintedbymarina]

Sidenote: You look absolutely FANTASTIC in this video!

[@feliciapillow5860]

I'm proud to say. I have never seen or care to see a John Singleton movie or anything like it.

[@lisah3460]

I an just divesting because I am attracted to other races of guy. Including black guys. What bothers me about Baby Boy is that is that Taraji's character was 25 and Tyrese character was 19 or 20. He acted like a child because he was just a child a couple years ago. Barely out of high school. 19 year olds are not providers. They should be in college. They should be in trade school. They should be dating other 19 year olds. They should not be having babies. This was not addressed on the movie. This was not addressed in this review. He lives with his mother because he is 19 or 20. He is a literal baby. He was barely a man. He should have been in school, developing a skill. Not sleeping with a 25 year old I hate this movie. I don't like most movies like this.

[@DejeriLaShay]

I’m sad this is what I thought was normal growing up. This is all I saw around me. This movie was so praised & still is. I’m so glad I know better now. 🙌🏾

[@sayless793]

Already in love with your channel 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💯

[@Angbwillinspireu]

Outstanding video!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@LisaSoulLevelHealing]

Such a pretty DRESS 🥰🥰🥰

[@theteleisewilliamsexperience]

I forced my sons 2 be self sufficient early on,ppl criticized me at first. Then they see the results now that my son's are 22 and 18. I don't cook,clean,do laundry etc for them and haven't for yrs

[@mybrownsparklez]

OMG I’m reading Tyreses book 📕 Manology and him describing how he dogged women in the past and all I can think of is “You just a baby boy, you’re not the real McCoy”. 🤮🤮🤮

[@ElevateLady]

Stunning Christelyn, this is a lovely look on you. 😍

[@TheLeah2344]

I witnessed this type of behavior with my mom and my ex step fathers but fortunately my mom had enough after dealing with the cheating, the lies, the abuse, etc for years and she left.

[@faithgraham35]

Excellent analysis! I’d forgotten about that movie.

[@uniquelyme3581]

Childe this move hereeeee!!