White men created the race-sex hierarchy that black men accept and support.

Evidence

The truth is—in sexist America, where women are objectified extensions of male ego, black women have been labeled hamburger and white women prime rib. And it is white men who have created this race-sex hierarchy, not black men. Black men merely accept and support it. In fact, if white men decided at any given moment that owning a purple female was the symbol of masculine status and success, black men in competition with white men would have to try and possess a purple female. While I believe it is perfectly normal for people of different races to be sexually attracted to one another, I do not think that black men who confess to loving white women and hating black women or vice versa are simply expressing personal preferences free of culturally socialized biases. — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 336

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to her earlier argument that black men adopted white patriarchal values rather than inventing their own. — connects to: White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 276; Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 269; Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (+5 more)

Related

• Black men asserted patriarchy to compensate for losing status to white men (similarity 0.90)
• White men sympathized with black power because shared sexism overrode racism (similarity 0.90)
• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism (similarity 0.89)
• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men (similarity 0.87)
• Shared sexism bonded militant black men and white men across racial divides (similarity 0.86)
• Black men’s inter-racial choices reveal sexist double standards against black women. (similarity 0.86)
• Liberation modeled on white male power inherently divides women from each other. (similarity 0.86)
• Attributing black relationship problems to racism alone masks sexism’s impact (similarity 0.85)
• Male freedom is incompatible with advocating the subjugation of women (similarity 0.85)
• White men set the terms of women’s liberation and exploit inter-group competition (similarity 0.85)
• Contraception’s spread converted black male sexism into open misogyny (similarity 0.85)
• Black nationalist patriarchy would not improve black male-female relations (similarity 0.85)
• Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women (similarity 0.85)
• White male brutality toward Black women stemmed from patriarchal misogyny, not racism alone (similarity 0.85)
• White women’s rights appeals exploited racism against black men (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Black men asserted dominance over women to compensate for losing to white men #expands (0.80)
• Sexism unites black and white men across the racial divide that racism creates #corroborates (0.60)
• White racial imperialism granted white women the right to oppress black women and men. #expands (0.60)
• The matriarchy myth built white-male and Black-male solidarity on shared sexism #corroborates (0.55) — bell hooks, Ain’t I a Woman_ Black Women and…, 231