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[quote=Anonymous]Did anyone else find his use of  “yo” and “dope” excessive for a man in his late forties? He’s trying way too hard to represent. My sense is he has been posturing his whole life, faking his heterosexuality and to some extent of the depth of his black identity. His closest friends and girlfriend are all white. On one hand he’s like respect me I’m intelligent and educated-look I even say so here on my self designed black graphic tee shirt-then on the other hand he’s dropping Tupac/DrDre/Idris Elba black culture references to keep up his street cred. It’s all so contrived. 
A pp got shredded for saying she found him unattractive, while insisting it wasn’t because he’s black. 
She was labeled a racist and the thread moved on. 
I’ve struggled with that, why can’t she have an honest visceral reaction to the appearance of the man without being attacked? 
Yesterday a man of Tyler’s height, skin tone and age struck up a conversation with me as we waited to check out of Costco. He was strikingly beautiful and attractive in every way. He is a Brazilian retired professional soccer coach who has travelled the world. He was confident and at complete ease with himself. When I contrast that with what I saw in Tyler on the video I shutter at the difference. Tyler is unattractive and it’s got nothing to do with his skin color it’s his artifice of a persona. Many of us are having a gut check that something is not right here and it makes him unattractive. Again not because of his race but because of his self conscious posturing. [/quote]

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