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Big Freedia Brotherhood, and Black Love. I love watching Big Freedia’s reality show and this season has been most impressive. When you first tune in all you see is ASS EVERYWHERE, but once you get beyond his stage show you see some real Black love. There are so few reality shows with Black people that aren’t fighting each other and looking like numb-nuts and I am so glad Freedia is using this platform to show what Black life is and how beautiful it can be.
Freedia and Devon take care of Uncle Percy, who is confined to a wheel chair. Uncle Percy lives with Freedia and they actually love each other outwardly. It’s a shining example of familial love without fear or limits. Today’s society always throws homophobia into everything. #MasculinitySoFragile is a cancer in the Black community, but Freedia and Uncle Percy have such a power. They openly embrace and say I love you. They openly communicate their feelings, good days, bad days, insecurities, and invincible moments to each other as Black men, as family. Uncle Percy is amazing! He asked Devon if Freedia was pregnant when he asked his permission for Freedia’s hand in marriage. Awww, Sherman Sherman Sherman!
I love Melvin, aka Boss. It is great to see an older Black man take in a younger Black man in a show of love, support, and solidarity. He may have a gruff exterior at times, but that is just a part of his charm. He took in Flash when he was without a place to stay and encouraged him to take the trip to Michigan to connect with his father’s side of the family. And I applaud Flash for being his authentic self. He has shown a wide range of emotion without fear of #MasculinitySoFragile ass clap backs. You get to see the many layers to Black love and Black life. Lives that aren’t that different from other peoples’ lives, just with cultural nuances.
While many reality shows are bitches, shoes, cars, and rented houses that they can’t afford to buy I appreciate Big Freedia and the family for keeping it real and being a positive example of the true spirit of the Black community. For living with purpose, for living out loud, for living unapologetically BLACK, and for embodying Brotherhood.
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