Brothers, We Need To Talk about Keke Palmer

(Not Really, but we need to talk about male insecurity)

Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile

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Keke Palmer

Keke Palmer

First and foremost, Keke Palmer is now a mother, so she has no business dressing as sexy as she did that day. She also has no business getting serenaded by Usher. As a Black mother — the type of woman we as Black men only respect under strict conditions — she should have never even been there. As a Beautiful queen, Keke Palmer should have been home, tending to her child, cleaning the bathroom, and rolling her man’s socks.

WAIT — ladies before you slaughter me, please know that this was a joke in mockery. Haha. Hahahaha.

Insecure Men

Men — Black men — we really need to re-evaluate this line of thinking. But before we begin, can we give Aaron McGruder his flowers? Over a decade ago, Aaron McGruder gave us what we call “the Usher episode” on his Boondocks cartoon series. Hilariously, this Keke Palmer thing is a live-action version of that episode that appeared sixteen years ago. Hilarious when writers predict the future.

For those who don’t know what happened: Keke Palmer, a young, beautiful Black actress, got serenaded by Usher while sitting in the audience of one of his live shows in Las Vegas. Keke Palmer’s man by way of…

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Johnny Silvercloud
AfroSapiophile

20 yr U.S. Army vet turned analytical street photographer who talks about power, protest, and politics. Do not defend racism or sexism when I’m in the room.