You could say that the trend of self-disrespect in pop culture started in the ’70s with the rise of blaxploitation films. They featured black actors, but the directors, writers, and producers behind them were often white. From there, we move quickly into music and a pattern that repeats itself up to the modern day.

This stuff was pitched as realistic, ground-breaking, and most of all, cool. “This is what black men are like,” they said. “This is right and cool.” Cause and effect. It took hold because everyone wants to be cool. You could hear “Go shawty, it’s ya birthday” on a non-black playground back when In Da Club was a big single.

Parents can’t really contend with the sensory overload we exist in today. One person saying “No” amongst a sea of people saying “yes” doesn’t mean much of anything any more.

Put another way– most people chase fads, few change them.

So, when you’re conditioned to feel like something is right and good and cool for a couple generations, that sort of thing is going to stick. You can’t just get rid of it by saying “This is bad, and demeaning.” If it was that easy, American would’ve have had slaves for so long.

If you look at any movement, it didn’t get going just on the spur of the moment. There were factors that led up to the change. The Black Panthers grew up out of a community wanting to protect itself from police brutality. The civil rights movement grew out of decades of mistreatment.

This isn’t to suggest that no one is responsible for this– not at all. But, it isn’t quite as simple as “black people embrace the stereotype.”

To link it back to the Gor thing– it isn’t only a bunch of dudes participating in this creepy Gorean thing. There are women consenting to being treated like cattle. To be quite frank, all parties involved should know better, but they’ve chosen to embrace something negative for whatever reason.

As to the OP: *sigh* Injustice isn’t an either/or, zero-sum game. I thought we’d figured that out by now.