One of the most effective weapons of war used against women of color during slavery was forced breeding. Enslavers (of which 40 % were caucasian women, according to Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers) understood that under the duress of having their children sold or killed, there were no paths that enslaved women wouldn’t travel to protect their offspring; therefore, they would most likely sacrifice anyone or a rebellion, if it meant keeping their children safe. Black masculinity has been and still is the policy of fear established by institutionalized white supremacy from buck breaking, lynching, castration, policing, false imprisonment for free labor, stolen wealth, image degradation, racial segregation, and the deliberate exposure to cheap illegal narcotics to self-medicate the inherited psychological effects of racism (Just like the supplying of alcohol to native Indians in the 16th and 17th centuries to further their demise) All of these targeted institutional policies, and the introduction of the 1960s wealth fair voucher policy “man in the house” rules, which disqualified families and promoted women having children out of wedlock without the need for the protection and provision of an adult male in the household, furthered the destruction of the black nuclear family by deliberate continuing the subjugation of black masculinity to the realm of being feared and toxic. An idea that has now morphed into the character assassination of all men. The questions we should ask ourselves are: When did black men have a seat at the table of power, a part of the patriarchy in this society? Or when did black men’s masculinity, who fought alongside black women for the civil rights of all Americans, become misogynistic?