Satirical Bodybuilding Photos

One of the most intelligent bodybuilders I have met is Lawrence Hosannah, who is actually English-African rather than African-American. Lawrence came to the United States from England at a very early age, and when he talks, you hear New York, not England. In addition to being astute, his perspective is somewhat different from that of the average Black in America.

He and I had a telephone conversation before we ever met face-to-face in which we discussed ways to dramatize a question about American racism: Why is it that Blacks are often assumed to be stupid and are only offered corporate jobs as janitors or mail clerks ? Here are some of the wry, satirtical photos we eventually put together. Yes, they are heavy with symbolism.