Social:Buck breaking
Buck breaking, or buck busting, is an internet meme used by the far-right to refer to the sexual abuse of male Black slaves by their white male masters.[1]
Practice
Several instances of sexual abuse of Black male slaves by their male masters have been documented in the historical record, such as in the 1861 book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs, though such instances are much less commonly noted than those involving female slaves.[2]
Usage
The term gained popularity in 2021 when Tariq Nasheed, an American film producer, released a film bearing the name.[1] The two-hour-long film focuses on the purported use of rape and sexual assault of black men during slavery as a method of dehumanization and emasculation, and examines the legacy and impact.[1] The documentary has been described has having a large number of inaccuracies.[1] Variants of the term that originated from far-right platforms was popularized as a meme with racist connotations. It was used on the assault rifle of Payton Gendron in the 2022 Buffalo shooting, where he murdered ten people.[3][1]
See also
- Conscious Community
- Treatment of slaves in the United States § Rape and sexual abuse
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "'Buck Status: Broken': Behind the Violently Racist Phrase on the Buffalo Shooter's Gun" (in en-US). 2022-05-19. https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/buck-breaking-tariq-nasneed-buffalo-shooter.
- ↑ Foster, Thomas A. (2011). "The Sexual Abuse of Black Men under American Slavery" (in en). Journal of the History of Sexuality 20 (3): 445–464. doi:10.1353/sex.2011.0059. ISSN 1535-3605. http://muse.jhu.edu/content/crossref/journals/journal_of_the_history_of_sexuality/v020/20.3.foster.html.
- ↑ "Buffalo Shooter's Weapons Covered in White Supremacist Messaging | ADL" (in en). https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/buffalo-shooters-weapons-covered-white-supremacist-messaging.
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