• Rich Barlow

    Senior Writer

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    Rich Barlow is a senior writer at BU Today and Bostonia magazine. Perhaps the only native of Trenton, N.J., who will volunteer his birthplace without police interrogation, he graduated from Dartmouth College, spent 20 years as a small-town newspaper reporter, and is a former Boston Globe religion columnist, book reviewer, and occasional op-ed contributor. Profile

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  1. I listened to your interview with CNN on “preachy females” You made the story about James Carville, not about what he was reacting to and what he was actually trying to say for those men who ARE being marginalized constantly by people they trust and try to support.

    You made your disappointing reaction about Carville being somehow misguided. You made the point that voting rights needs to be addressed. That is NOT the issue with Carville’s comments. Addressing voting rights will NOT get the left and right to stop demonizing men of color.

    As a Black man, I found it very disappointing to hear a you dodge the issue, which is the growing toxic attitude toward men, men of color in particular. I understand you’ve got to parse your words to remain in the good graces of the hard left, but your evasiveness belies the truth of modern men who are trying to connect with women as friends, partners, allies, and companions. So what men have always had messages targeted toward them, that doesn’t mean sensitivity toward men in message should cease.

    The Democratic Party has sold out to the toxic far Left as much as Republicans have embraced the extreme. And you give them a pass with your deference. I looked to you to address a critical issue – the silencing and marginalization of Black men among the people who SAY they are fighting for Black men.

    A man should be able to do “man things” without fear of being labeled “toxic,” just like women must be able to do “women things” without being labeled negatively, as well. But that’s not happening. A man should NOT have to suppress his male-ness for fear of being called toxic or narcissistic by women, any woman, or to satisfy left-wing and right-wing babble-criticism.

    Don’t be ignorant of the struggle of everyday men to get through daily life and relationships as thy strive to help this world be more just and fair toward all gender identities, not just the people who get the media to power-blast their self-serving (sell, sell, sell!) ideas all over the American landscape.

    Funny, you said that Carville, or YOUR stereotype of people like him, should do some research, look up information, and talk to the people he’s commenting upon. Brutha, please! You could do well to take your own advice.

    Just one word of acknowledgement from you would have been nice. But, sadly, you had none to offer.

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