W. E. B. Du Bois provides a thesis on Black masculinity formation that includes primary traits of this social identity and dynamics that can engender or stymie its development. Yet his framework does not directly reference sexual minorities. This study considers whether and how Du Bois’s framework on masculinity is germane to the experiences of young Black people with diverse sexual identities by assessing whether they recount similar tropes and features. The analysis is theoretically informed by a New Millennium Du Boisian Mode of Inquiry and a qualitative analysis for 168 young Black persons who reside in the South. Three themes emerge that adopt, amplify, and adapt dimensions of Du Bois’s thesis and demonstrate that key aspects of his framework resonate with Black persons excluded from his original work. Despite nuanced sexual identities, it was common for individuals to espouse Du Bosian tenets associated with Black masculinity such as a protector/provider trope, respectability, racial pride, educational attainment, economic mobility, and self-help as well as concerns about racism. These findings inform research on expectations about masculinity into which many men are generally socialized as well as possible hierarchies among intersecting social identities.

WEB Du Bois 提供了一篇关于黑人男性气质形成的论文，其中包括这种社会身份的主要特征以及可能产生或阻碍其发展的动力。然而他的框架并没有直接提及性少数群体。这项研究通过评估杜波依斯的男性气质框架是否以及如何与具有不同性别身份的年轻黑人的经历密切相关，通过评估他们是否叙述了类似的比喻和特征。该分析在理论上基于新千年杜波依斯调查模式以及对居住在南方的 168 名年轻黑人的定性分析。出现了三个主题，它们采用、放大和调整了杜波依斯论文的维度，并表明他的框架的关键方面与被排除在其原始作品之外的黑人产生了共鸣。尽管性别认同存在细微差别，但个人普遍拥护与黑人男子气概相关的杜波斯信条，例如保护者/提供者比喻、受人尊敬、种族自豪感、教育程度、经济流动性和自助以及对种族主义的担忧。这些发现为许多男性普遍社会化的男性气质期望以及交叉社会身份之间可能的等级制度的研究提供了信息。