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Is there a Black male celebrity who was a sex symbol with both Black and White people?

If so, who? Denzel Washington?

by Anonymousreply 161December 9, 2022 4:48 PM

Lenny Kravitz, Idris Elba.

by Anonymousreply 1December 2, 2022 9:44 PM

Muhammad Ali

by Anonymousreply 2December 2, 2022 9:44 PM

O.J.

by Anonymousreply 3December 2, 2022 9:45 PM

O.J. Simpson

by Anonymousreply 4December 2, 2022 9:45 PM

Billy Dee Williams

by Anonymousreply 5December 2, 2022 9:45 PM

I’m not sure if Sidney Poitier was viewed as a sex symbol, someone correct me if I’m wrong but his image was so refined, but both white people and black people found him attractive.

by Anonymousreply 6December 2, 2022 9:45 PM

Harry Belafonte

by Anonymousreply 7December 2, 2022 9:46 PM

Lloyd Hanes

by Anonymousreply 8December 2, 2022 9:46 PM

R3 R4 Drag me but OJ was really handsome. Even at his trial.

by Anonymousreply 9December 2, 2022 9:46 PM

Harry Belafonte

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by Anonymousreply 10December 2, 2022 9:46 PM

jinx R7

by Anonymousreply 11December 2, 2022 9:47 PM

R9 I agree. He was beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 12December 2, 2022 9:48 PM

Rhyheim shabazz

by Anonymousreply 13December 2, 2022 9:48 PM

Morris Chestnut

by Anonymousreply 14December 2, 2022 9:49 PM

Obama

by Anonymousreply 15December 2, 2022 9:49 PM

Billy Dee Williams.

But Jim Brown was the pioneer with "100 Rifles" in 1969. He was the first black actor in a Hollywood film shown in a sexy way.

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier were seen as handsome but sort of asexual.

by Anonymousreply 16December 2, 2022 9:51 PM

Rossano Brazzi, Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman

by Anonymousreply 17December 2, 2022 9:52 PM

Prince

by Anonymousreply 18December 2, 2022 9:52 PM

Not a sex symbol but should have been - John Amos. Even Howard Stern thought he was handsome.

by Anonymousreply 19December 2, 2022 9:52 PM

Was Michael Jackson viewed as a sex symbol? Before he turned into Jigsaw.

by Anonymousreply 20December 2, 2022 9:53 PM

R20, I believe Jermaine was viewed as the sexy Jackson.

by Anonymousreply 21December 2, 2022 9:54 PM

Wesley Snipes. yum.

by Anonymousreply 22December 2, 2022 9:55 PM

All of 'em.

by Anonymousreply 23December 2, 2022 9:56 PM

Taye Diggs

by Anonymousreply 24December 2, 2022 10:00 PM

I think Chris Brown was on his way but then he beat up Rihanna.

by Anonymousreply 25December 2, 2022 10:09 PM

DL hates him but Will Smith

by Anonymousreply 26December 2, 2022 10:15 PM

Shemar Moore

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by Anonymousreply 27December 2, 2022 10:15 PM

No one has heard of him ^^^^^

by Anonymousreply 28December 2, 2022 10:17 PM

OP lives in Alabama or Mississippi.

by Anonymousreply 29December 2, 2022 10:19 PM

R29 No, I live in Maryland. I’m not white either.

by Anonymousreply 30December 2, 2022 10:20 PM

This thread was inspired by a Sidney Poitier documentary I watched.

by Anonymousreply 31December 2, 2022 10:20 PM

Does OP live under a rock. There have been MANY.

by Anonymousreply 32December 2, 2022 10:20 PM

Belafonte, Poitier, Kravitz, and Billy Dee.

Elba today.

And, as much as I hate to say it, Will Smith back in the Independence Day era when he could open a blockbuster without breaking a sweat.

by Anonymousreply 33December 2, 2022 10:21 PM

He wasn’t really allowed to be a sex symbol onscreen because of the times but it was clear white people found him attractive too.

by Anonymousreply 34December 2, 2022 10:21 PM

Denzel, OJ, Will Smith, Billy Dee Williams

Prince

by Anonymousreply 35December 2, 2022 10:21 PM

R33 Lenny Kravitz is not a sex symbol among black people.

by Anonymousreply 36December 2, 2022 10:22 PM

Like in Paris Blues, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were allowed to be sexy onscreen but Sidney and Diahann Carroll weren’t.

by Anonymousreply 37December 2, 2022 10:23 PM

Eldergays fingered their quims to this guy.

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by Anonymousreply 38December 2, 2022 10:23 PM

Michael B Jordan

by Anonymousreply 39December 2, 2022 10:24 PM

The Rock

by Anonymousreply 40December 2, 2022 10:24 PM

OP is a troll.

Don't feed the troll.

Even if it's an official one.

by Anonymousreply 41December 2, 2022 10:24 PM

King Kong

by Anonymousreply 42December 2, 2022 10:24 PM

Idris

by Anonymousreply 43December 2, 2022 10:24 PM

R41 I’m not a troll. I literally started this thread after watching Oprah’s documentary about Sidney Poitier. He wasn’t allowed to be sexy onscreen because of the times but he obviously appealed to white audiences.

by Anonymousreply 44December 2, 2022 10:25 PM

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

by Anonymousreply 45December 2, 2022 10:26 PM

Jacob Artist

by Anonymousreply 46December 2, 2022 10:26 PM

Jacob Anderson

by Anonymousreply 47December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

I'm white. Grew up in white suburbia near NYC. Yes somehow I went to see many blaxploitation films. Many of the stars were super sexy and the theatres or drive ins were filled with white people. Richard Roundtree, Thalmus Rasulala.

by Anonymousreply 48December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

Jimi

by Anonymousreply 49December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

Sydney Poitier was not considered a sex symbol. Some of yall are applying 21st century culture and sensibilities to past eras.

Good looking and sexy symbol are not one in the same especially in 1960. As someone mentioned Sydney image was to refined to be considered a sex symbol. It's hard to imagine these distinctions because starting in the 80s everything had become sexualized.

by Anonymousreply 50December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

[quote] Sidney Poitier. He wasn’t allowed to be sexy onscreen

said Oprah.

by Anonymousreply 51December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

Sterling K Brown

by Anonymousreply 52December 2, 2022 10:27 PM

Mike Colter

by Anonymousreply 53December 2, 2022 10:28 PM

Common

by Anonymousreply 54December 2, 2022 10:28 PM

Taye Diggs

by Anonymousreply 55December 2, 2022 10:28 PM

Vin Diesel

by Anonymousreply 56December 2, 2022 10:28 PM

R50 I think Belafonte was more of a sex symbol. Especially in Carmen Jones.

by Anonymousreply 57December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

R44 "literally"

Let's not write like an ignorant child.

by Anonymousreply 58December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

Gary Dourdan

by Anonymousreply 59December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

R51 James Baldwin actually said that about Sidney.

by Anonymousreply 60December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

Rick Foxx

by Anonymousreply 61December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

Mason Gooding

by Anonymousreply 62December 2, 2022 10:29 PM

Meh. I saw Sidney Poitier movies growing up and he was handsome and sexy. Maybe his character couldn't do any sexy actions but HE WAS IN MOVIES BECAUSE HE WAS HANDSOME AND SEXY. Duh.

by Anonymousreply 63December 2, 2022 10:30 PM

R50 Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando were sex symbols in the 50’s.

by Anonymousreply 64December 2, 2022 10:30 PM

Omari Hardwick

by Anonymousreply 65December 2, 2022 10:30 PM

Aldis Hodge

by Anonymousreply 66December 2, 2022 10:31 PM

Ben Vereen

by Anonymousreply 67December 2, 2022 10:31 PM

Marilyn Monroe and Marlon Brando were black ? that's news to me.

by Anonymousreply 68December 2, 2022 10:32 PM

Boris Kodjoe

by Anonymousreply 69December 2, 2022 10:32 PM

Sorry, I thought that person was implying no sex symbols existed in the 50’s.

by Anonymousreply 70December 2, 2022 10:32 PM

R30

by Anonymousreply 71December 2, 2022 10:33 PM

R69 Boris isn’t a big star which is why I didn’t mention him but I agree. He’s really attractive.

by Anonymousreply 72December 2, 2022 10:33 PM

Michael Strahan

by Anonymousreply 73December 2, 2022 10:33 PM

Reggie Bush

by Anonymousreply 74December 2, 2022 10:33 PM

I always suspected Monroe and Brando. (Brando was part italian after all. )

by Anonymousreply 75December 2, 2022 10:33 PM

Jesse Williams

by Anonymousreply 76December 2, 2022 10:34 PM

Sammy davis Jr

by Anonymousreply 77December 2, 2022 10:34 PM

Mario Van Peebles

by Anonymousreply 78December 2, 2022 10:35 PM

R28 You live under a rock

by Anonymousreply 79December 2, 2022 10:35 PM

Shemar Moore. That man is or was hot. Haven’t seen recent pics.

by Anonymousreply 80December 2, 2022 10:39 PM

Algonquin J. Calhoun

by Anonymousreply 81December 2, 2022 10:40 PM

R80 Forgot about him. After Denzel he might be the biggest one of them all.

by Anonymousreply 82December 2, 2022 10:41 PM

Clifton Davis

He wore his shirts this way on the Match Game. I was eagle-eyed, hoping to see a nip slip.

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by Anonymousreply 83December 2, 2022 10:41 PM

He wasn’t a sex symbol but wasn’t Nat King Cole attacked by the KKK after a performance because white women swooned over him?

by Anonymousreply 84December 2, 2022 10:43 PM

Jimmie "J. J." Walker

by Anonymousreply 85December 2, 2022 10:44 PM

Taye "Goat Boy" Diggs (as he was known on DL), R24? Oh my sides!

Jackie Jackson was the "sexy" Jackson; ask Paula Abdul.

by Anonymousreply 86December 2, 2022 10:44 PM

R63 but handsome or even feeling like a celeb is sexy is not what makes a sex symbol.. A sex symbol is a very specific brand. Starting in the 90s all good looking stars were marketed as sex symbols. Hell even ugly ones, see Daniel Craig.

by Anonymousreply 87December 2, 2022 10:45 PM

Read your typing gained dear. If white women swooned over Nat King Cole, and white men were threatened, that means Nat King Cole WAS a sex symbol.

by Anonymousreply 88December 2, 2022 10:45 PM

R84 probably. Whitey knows no limit of depravity and violence.

by Anonymousreply 89December 2, 2022 10:46 PM

Many.

Idris Elba, Billy Dee Williams, Prince, Wesley Snipes, Drake, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson (prior to the Thriller era plastic surgery), Sidney Poitier, Dennis Rodman, Rick James, Harry Belafonte…probably a lot more athletes but I don’t follow sports.

by Anonymousreply 90December 2, 2022 10:47 PM

NFL legend Jim Brown may have provided the first look at a black cock for many Americans.

The guy had balls.

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by Anonymousreply 91December 2, 2022 10:47 PM

R19 John Amos, with his Mr Evans tight trousers and velour shirt is a DL ICON!

by Anonymousreply 92December 2, 2022 10:48 PM

R90 Dennis Rodman has never been a sex symbol among black women, black men, black gays, black binaries, black asexuals, black vampires, etc.

by Anonymousreply 93December 2, 2022 10:49 PM

R93 Really? I thought he was sexy. And then he dated Madonna and I was turned off.

by Anonymousreply 94December 2, 2022 10:51 PM

Tupac?

by Anonymousreply 95December 2, 2022 10:52 PM

[quote] Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier were seen as handsome but sort of asexual.

Oh, my. Harry Belafonte was never seen as asexual.

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by Anonymousreply 96December 2, 2022 10:52 PM

R75 Brando was French (probably Arcadian.) His real name was spelled "Brandeau."

by Anonymousreply 97December 2, 2022 10:53 PM

^ And he was from Nebraska.

by Anonymousreply 98December 2, 2022 10:53 PM

Come on R93 you’d turn THIS down? I doubt it!

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by Anonymousreply 99December 2, 2022 10:54 PM

Marsha P. Johnson

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by Anonymousreply 100December 2, 2022 10:54 PM

R69 and R72, I completely agree regarding Boris. Just beautiful.

by Anonymousreply 101December 2, 2022 10:57 PM

Blair Underwood

by Anonymousreply 102December 2, 2022 10:58 PM

Taye Diggs was hot

by Anonymousreply 103December 2, 2022 11:02 PM

R94 that's you. I'm sure someone thinks Jonah Hill is sexy. Doesn't make him a sex symbol.

by Anonymousreply 104December 2, 2022 11:06 PM

Taye Diggs still is hot

by Anonymousreply 105December 2, 2022 11:07 PM

Michael Ealy

by Anonymousreply 106December 2, 2022 11:07 PM

Marvin Gaye

by Anonymousreply 107December 2, 2022 11:12 PM

Fortunately, the United States is not only black and white, although everyone seems to presume that it is.

by Anonymousreply 108December 2, 2022 11:14 PM

Colin Powell

by Anonymousreply 109December 2, 2022 11:16 PM

Wentworth Miller

by Anonymousreply 110December 2, 2022 11:17 PM

Most black men who have been a sex symbol to black people have also been a sex symbol to white people, although white people have not always been open about it. The exception would be probably be thugs and rappers. They are ugly.

by Anonymousreply 111December 2, 2022 11:29 PM

Another vote for Blair Underwood! We used to call him Blair Underwear back in the LA Law days -

by Anonymousreply 112December 2, 2022 11:30 PM

Blair Underwood is also hot in Sex and the City.

Taye Digs is hot too.

by Anonymousreply 113December 2, 2022 11:33 PM

Eddie Murphy, Jamie Fox, Slash, lots of random singers in the 80’s & 90’s

by Anonymousreply 114December 2, 2022 11:46 PM

I feel like a stalker mentioning him for perhaps the third time this week but, seriously, Tony Todd.

by Anonymousreply 115December 2, 2022 11:59 PM

I remember there was a time when women of all races of a certain age found T.I. extremely sexy.

by Anonymousreply 116December 3, 2022 12:00 AM

Harry Belafonte - I'm old

by Anonymousreply 117December 3, 2022 12:00 AM

Mahershala Ali.

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by Anonymousreply 118December 3, 2022 12:01 AM

Many white women found 50 Cent hot

by Anonymousreply 119December 3, 2022 12:01 AM

One of my classmates in college interned at his company. She said he was still sexy even in old age.

by Anonymousreply 120December 3, 2022 12:02 AM

R118 Go directly to Jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

Your crime is all black people look alike syndrome.

by Anonymousreply 121December 3, 2022 12:04 AM

Gary Dourdan.

by Anonymousreply 122December 3, 2022 12:07 AM

R122, yeah good one. He will make a comeback.

by Anonymousreply 123December 3, 2022 12:08 AM

Phillip Michael Thomas

by Anonymousreply 124December 3, 2022 12:14 AM

Steph Curry

by Anonymousreply 125December 3, 2022 12:14 AM

Johnny Keyes

by Anonymousreply 126December 3, 2022 12:15 AM

Blake Griffin

by Anonymousreply 127December 3, 2022 12:15 AM

Wesley Snipes to black and Asian women.

It's weird that he's never been proclaimed as one of the great all around hunks, especially considering his popularity in the 90s. Super good looking, muscular, perfect physique.

by Anonymousreply 128December 3, 2022 12:17 AM

Looks like Blake's mom has discovered DL.

by Anonymousreply 129December 3, 2022 12:17 AM

Russell Wilson

by Anonymousreply 130December 3, 2022 12:18 AM

Sly Stone

by Anonymousreply 131December 3, 2022 12:19 AM

LL Cool J

by Anonymousreply 132December 3, 2022 12:19 AM

Stepin Fetchit.

by Anonymousreply 133December 3, 2022 12:33 AM

Trevor Noah

by Anonymousreply 134December 3, 2022 12:34 AM

R115 I’m with you. TT is a zaddy!

by Anonymousreply 135December 3, 2022 1:35 AM

R118 That's Travante Rhodes not Marshalla Ali. It's annoying me that you have not corrected your mistake.

by Anonymousreply 136December 3, 2022 1:38 AM

R116 and then they read about his fetish for a having a gynecology check his teen daughter’s hymen to ensure she was still a virgin….even though that is sexual abuse (Mary! I know) and also stupid because hymens can break from doing sports (or so I’ve read). Just revolting. Makes me glad I’m not a straight man; I cannot imagine getting off on that.

by Anonymousreply 137December 3, 2022 1:38 AM

Gynecologist not gynecology.

by Anonymousreply 138December 3, 2022 1:39 AM

Damon Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. Talented, hot and funny.

by Anonymousreply 139December 3, 2022 1:43 AM

Vin Diesel ...... isn't black in his mind. Whomever said Shemar is basically inviting him to DL. And he will stop by as he does to LSA when his name is invoked.

by Anonymousreply 140December 3, 2022 1:47 AM

R136, My mistake, I should have said, click on the link and scroll down to see Mahershala. But perhaps you are too literal for DL, race baiter.

by Anonymousreply 141December 3, 2022 1:50 AM

R141 OH please. You are a lying piece of shit.

by Anonymousreply 142December 3, 2022 1:53 AM

R140 It's funny because he isn't black to me either. However when you google pictures of him he defintely looked black when younger. I think the bald head combined with his features give him this ambiguous middle eastern look. His bio dad was definetly black.

by Anonymousreply 143December 3, 2022 1:56 AM

Richard Roundtree: Shaft

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by Anonymousreply 144December 3, 2022 1:58 AM

Ooh yeah Vin is hot.

by Anonymousreply 145December 3, 2022 2:23 AM

There are definitely a number of cross-racial sex symbols as of 2022. I can't think of any black man that white women openly swooned over before Denzel though.

by Anonymousreply 146December 3, 2022 2:22 PM

Shemar Moore. My mom (white lady) thought he was the sexiest thing on Young and the Restless.

I was at a Walmart near me a few years ago and the fat, white, tatted, trashy looking lady working the returns desk kept talking about Shemar to her coworker and calling him her baby daddy.

He was pretty hot.

by Anonymousreply 147December 3, 2022 2:28 PM

Was Phillip michael Thomas before Denzel?

by Anonymousreply 148December 3, 2022 6:07 PM

Todays white women openly love black men. It’s common

by Anonymousreply 149December 3, 2022 6:08 PM

R146. Umm OJ, Marvine Gaye, Jesus????.

by Anonymousreply 150December 3, 2022 7:10 PM

Morgan Freeman

by Anonymousreply 151December 3, 2022 7:45 PM

TJ Holmes

by Anonymousreply 152December 3, 2022 9:45 PM

Don Lemon

by Anonymousreply 153December 3, 2022 9:59 PM

I feel like Michael Jordan was a quasi crossover sex symbol in the 90s just because if his athletic prowess, winning streak, overall charisma. Face isn't bad looking either.

by Anonymousreply 154December 3, 2022 10:01 PM

Jesus was not a Black man, he was a Jew.

by Anonymousreply 155December 3, 2022 11:03 PM

Ken Norton, professional boxer and actor.

by Anonymousreply 156December 9, 2022 2:19 AM

Step’n Fetchit.

by Anonymousreply 157December 9, 2022 2:53 AM

No. I don't think so. I really can't think of anyone.

by Anonymousreply 158December 9, 2022 3:04 AM

Marlon Wayans was and still is sexy as fuck

by Anonymousreply 159December 9, 2022 3:24 AM

Someone said white people don’t know Shemar Moore. White women know Shemar Moore. He was on Young and the Restless for 10 years lol.

I’m going to second LL Cool J. I remember being a kid watching the “Doin’ It” video. He was sexy as fuck.

by Anonymousreply 160December 9, 2022 4:27 AM

Tyson Bedford

by Anonymousreply 161December 9, 2022 4:48 PM
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