they think “patriarchy is when man gets paid more” & since they have notably fallen further& further behind black women in metrics of “success”, they believe they’re simply too poor to be patriarchs. which they resent, as they know $ is a way to *expand* their capacity to harm

black men don’t consider themselves beneficiaries of patriarchy bc they don’t consider the rampant sexual violence they leverage against the girls and women around them to be a function of patriarchy. they still believe it’s their biological right. bc they are men.