“... masculine ideals of audacious bravado, physical strength, hyperheterosexuality, and conspicuous, over-the-top consumption have become an integral part of the aesthetics of black self-assertion and resistance, often to the detriment of black women and queer communities.”
- Dr. Theresa Runstedtler,
author of
Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner: Boxing in the Shadow of the Global Color Line