An Ode to Black Men in Summertime
Better than some raspberry Simply Lemonade.
Hotter than a sale at Bergdorf’s.
Crazier than an early Friday at work.
Greater than weekends with my girls at the Vineyard.
Hyper than ‘that’s my car’ in the 80’s.
Sweeter than how the breeze hits me out of no where…
There’s loads of reasons to get excited for summer–warmer days, vacations, and rooftop parties. But there’s nothing else that makes me crave the plus-eighty degree heat in the city more than Black men. Shirtless at the beach in Miami. Posted up in his shades on the rooftop in Harlem. Or even after church in his all white linen suit in Atlanta. Oh yes ladies, being a single girl just got fun again!
So what do I love the most?
The Way He Dresses… Sock-less in boat-stitched loafers. The effortless and smart white tee. The draw-string trousers or classic popped-collar polo. His off-season workout game has done him immense justice based on the way his frame manages to quietly peak through his cotton-blend oxford. No man does it like quite a brotha in the summertime.
The Way He Plays it off…His male-moodiness has taken flight. He’s more spontaneous than ever. And he’s suddenly unafraid to flash those pearly whites against his dare I say–chocolate skin. Even when a smile sneaks up on him, and he plays it off with a cool laugh just before he brushes his hand through his well-crafted goatee. Oh wee.
The Way He Flirts…Death of the word swag. But in this case, there are few words to describe that thing that happens in the summertime. He walks with that one white towel around his shoulder and a pseudo ‘Denzel walk’ at a Shell gas station, right after he’s spent $50 plus on gassing up the Range packed with the rest of his boys on the way to the picnic in Brookyn’s Prospect Park. This man bids in his own ‘Is you happy’ way for your Blackberry pin, and somehow, oh God, somehow, you. Just. Can’t. Resist.
What do you love about Black men in the summertime?
loves me some Black men in the summertime, fall, winter AND spring. There’s nothing wrong with giving props to this particular demographic – who else but us will?
I guess people don’t understand freedom of speech and freedom to not read (I know there is a formal word but humor me). I adore love lust and all that good stuff my fellow brothers. This was a cute lil ode to the men that make some of our hearts melt. I’m glad I finally have one of my own to lust at in private (and public) but I can’t deny my eye still twinkles at the chocolate (caramel and all other shades of yum) smile and crisp summer gear. Minus the clowns that give em a bad name, all men are fantastic but ode to the shade that gets me sweating :)
I think this Ode to Black Men is appropriate. Black men are portrayed so negatively by society that its nice to have an uplifting and positive article about them. This is not saying that other men do not look better in the summertime but Black Men are on a WHOLE different level when it comes to the summertime. They have an entirely different demeanor that other men can’t compete with. Gotta love it and them!! :)
I just like seeing the sweat glisten off their skin and the shirts come off of the hot guys during the summer or when they come out of the pool/ocean and the water just glides and glisten off them… that goes for all men I willful and shamefully check out…lol *thank goodness for dark oversize shades and a floppy hot*
@ Stop It
I agree with you.
Black women on this site are just plain DUMB. I’m convinced of that now. Someone please show me the articles in KING magazine or any other black men’s magazine that have a title like “An ode to black women…and black women ALONE”…I will wait….
So would that include you? We can all be dumb together ;)
@Just “Rated the Least Attractive Woman” Saying
Show me the article in Maxim or GQ on the Ode to Black Women. Stop acting brand new. Black women happen to like black men. I know it pisses you off but get over it. Stop trying to guilt, brain wash, or harass black women for who they overwhelmingly prefer to date, fuck, and marry.
@BeautyIAM
Case in point…SMH.
@QueenofNewcastle AKA Kigali, the chick with the peenie.
Oh shut up idiot.
Yeah…you’re one of those black women that like black men so much that you couldn’t bring yourself to marry one! GTFOH!
My whole point was you won’t see an article like this in BLACK MEN’s publications..THE TRUTH. Why bring in other races? I’m sure you won’t see an article reading “An ode to black men” in Cosmo, Vogue, etc either. Now go crawl back into your cage. Bye-Bye.
oh crap! lol i wrote the same thing and didnt even see this.lol
@Just “Rated the least Attractive woman” Saying
Yes I do happen to like/love black men. I have always had pretty healthy relationships with them. My relationships with non black men have never been retaliatory in nature. Men appreciate that which is why I carry no bitterness around with me. I am free to love/like whom ever I want based on who the men are and not out of hatred of black men.
That kind of things make too much sense for someone rated less attractive by respondents from Add Health. You’ll never understand what that is like. You wish you were me dont you? Happy. No bitterness. Normal human relationships with men from her race and not.
Some people just dont understand what it is like to be well adjusted, happy, and normal. I am married inter-racially, I have good relationships with black men (always have). It is because of that that I can celebrate in the beauty of black men when the topic arises. I can also celebrate in the beauty of other men when the topic arises.
It quite telling that some black women assume that my marriage to a non black man means that I dont like black men. Its their perverse projection onto me that I hate. Some black women need to accept that not every black woman is as dysfunctional as they are.
@QueenofNewcastle AKA Kigali, the chick with the peenie.
Please. By your own comments you are a FAT cow and we all know how black men feel about fat chicks like you. You couldn’t get a black man so you had to settle for the first man that could look at you without throwing up.
Yet you got the nerve to come here and talk ish to and about black women–mainly black American women. AGAIN GTFOH! Yeah you probably do love black men–too bad it hasn’t been mutual. I know the real deal.
I’m not attracted to black men. I make no apologies about it. And yes, generally speaking I think the majority of them are trash again–no apologies from me.
My ish—>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-4AV6YjoM0
@Just “Rated The Least Attractive and 70% Unmarried Woman” Saying,
You’re so sad. I’m going to pray for you. One day you will have it like me. Until then, stop being so miserable.