Alex’s Reviews > The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within U.S. Slave Culture > Status Update
Alex
is 58% done
I’m not going to rate this when I finish it, but I will finish it.
Doing my best to stay in my lane here: I have a problem with the way the author conflates rape, or sexual violence, with desire. Everything I have read so far - yes, even the homoeroticism - screams “POWER” to me rather than “desire.” To the point that it makes me very uncomfortable each time he ramps up the “wanting” thesis again.
— Dec 05, 2025 12:14PM
Doing my best to stay in my lane here: I have a problem with the way the author conflates rape, or sexual violence, with desire. Everything I have read so far - yes, even the homoeroticism - screams “POWER” to me rather than “desire.” To the point that it makes me very uncomfortable each time he ramps up the “wanting” thesis again.
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Alex
is 7% done
It has been a long time since a book made me feel this stupid. Just goes to show how out of practice I am in social texts vs engineering ones, I guess? I am operating at 99% CPU when I’m in this one. Enthralling, though!
— Dec 03, 2025 05:17PM
