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I found Neil's writing to be quite interesting. One of his major points that I found myself enjoying more than anything was his point that when they were creating a "new strong black man" they were just reinforcing and giving new life to the old patriarch that existed previous. In order to be a "strong black man" you shouldn't have to shun anybody. The homophobia that was present in that culture was quite prevalent. Oh, another point that he brought up that I found intriguing was about that everyone was so quick to blame hip hop and "gangsta rap" when a lot of negativity and scandals were caused by the church. I don't really have any previous knowledge on these topics but I definitely agree with Neil's points