Buck Breaking

>you know what time it is...

Buck Breaking is a 2021 documentary, directed by Tariq Nasheed. A black buck was a slang term for an unruly male slave, and breaking a buck meant using forced sexual intercourse to punish them. It is claimed that the practice of "buck breaking" eventually became so popular, that specialized "sex farms" were created, and that "African slaves were bred just for the purpose of being raped by their white masters".

The myth, deboonked

However, trusted sources (a post with two gold awards on Reddit) completely deboonked this claim. Here are some relevant excerpts.

[T]here are absolutely grains of truth to the story, but the practice of "buck breaking" they're describing simply did not exist [...] the idea of it being a wide-spread phenomenon is really quite ludicrous when you consider the wider historical context.

That is not say that male-on-male sexual abuse did not occur. It absolutely did - and the very fact that we have historical records testifying to it in a period so hostile to same-sex activity is quite significant.

That power and humiliation lay not only in the ability of slave owners to actually commit sexual assault against other men, but in the fact that they could do it, keep it a secret from a wider society that demonised same-sex activity, and get away with doing so.

The idea that 'festivities' revolving around male-on-male rape, involving a large number of white men in the upper echelons of southern society invited apparently to participate widely and freely, were a prominent part of slaveholding is really quite nonsensical. If nothing else the individuals involved would be exposing themselves to an incredible physical, legal and social risk, regardless of how prominent their status was in wider society.

A little bit of trolling

Once the internet caught wind of the fact that Buck Breaking was a schizoid conspiracy theory, it was over. Posters began to mock how the director's intention more than backfired on him. Several people questioned how much Tariq, who is outspoken about his homophobic beliefs, had spent in commissioning the art of black men being dominated by white men, and raised questions as to whether the director may be a homosexual in denial. Tariq's obssession with "bussy" goes as far back as 2017, according to one forum post.

• After the reveal that the practice was a myth, the documentary turned into a bizarre fetish play movie.

  After the reveal that the practice was a myth, the documentary turned into a bizarre fetish play movie.

• People are suspecting that the director may be a closeted buck.

  People are suspecting that the director may be a closeted buck.

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  George Floyd holding his copy of this controversial kino.

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  Soyjaks took over the movie's page on Letterboxd.

Soyjak edits

Several edits have been made, featuring black Soyjaks.

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The "peculiar buck" copypasta

The image posted alongside the copypasta.

A copypasta narrating the story of a buck that was a "peculiar type", and much too eager to be broken, was posted on /tv/.

>So we been breaking bucks for 3 generations.

>Mos' time the breaking sticks. The buck don't give you any kine uh problems.

>B b but sometimes, sometimes... well sometimes you get a PECULIAR buck.

> This one buck, well he was the peculiar type, he a uh, well he would act up but he wouldnt hide it.

>It seem every week he was pretending to take a nap on pickin duty( but with one eye open all koi like) or he'd take extra molasses pie, or or or he'd sit his field ass on the front porch.

>Every week he'd do somethin' rascally IN PLain damn sight of the OVaseeah.

>OVasseha would call out to the buck to get to the Breakin Barn. This Bucks eyes would light up and before you could whistle dixie, he'd be in the barn.

>This Buck would run to that breaking barn like it was a cool stream on a hot August day in Georgia.

>Hellll it got sooo bad this buck would TELL You what kine mischief he was gone get his midnight black ass into. He hadnt even DO nuthin yet..

>He would skip over to the barn after an call out " COME On MAaaaaSSA THIS BUCK AINT GUNNA BREAK HISSELF!"

>Just down right peculiar...