Īdmiration for those brown male bodies sweating under hard labor in the sun was Sexual conflict, which become apparent in later works. Young is conversant with the ideas that Richard RodriguezĮspouses in HUNGER OF MEMORY, and disagrees with many of them, yet fails toĬonnect Rodriguez' arguments about language to Rodriguez' gender and But he never explicitly claims a gay identity, Seems invested in rendering a story that highlights how he is constantly perceivedĪs a “faggot” due to his failed performance of proper (black) masculinity and Young appears coy here about the status of his sexuality. University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY USA of English, Rhetoric and African American Studies, Sexing the Colorlines: Black Sexualities, Popular Culture,Ĭompulsory Homosexuality and Black Masculine Performanceĭept.
