[David W.]

Here are a few answers:
Bright colors offset a dark skin color, so we feel less self-conscious wearing them;
You might think the color is ‘ridiculous,’ but are you right? At the moment, wearing neutral or dark colors is a norm among the white, European-based culture of the majority in the United States and United Kingdom. Is it the norm among black people? If one’s peers dress in bright colors, then one is going to feel compfortable wearing them.
Living in a white-oriented world, many black men don’t fit in, anyway, so why conform to dress codes set up by people who do not accept you even when you do conform?
A person who stands out from the crowd often attracts a certain kind of respect as well as ridicule. So when a black man wants to make an impact, whether in business, romance or whatever, he will often do it through his clothes.
Bright colors worn on special occasions are a long-standing part of African culture, and the wearing of them by African Americans and African-Caribbeans has survived beyond slavery as a remnant of this.
Other minorities, numerically or politically, also seem to stand out. White heterosexual women tend to wear brighter colors than white heterosexual men; some gay men display a flambouyant dress sense, and so on.

Thanks for asking.

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[David W.]

I’ve only just realized to what extent it is that other behavior, not just courtesy titles, makes us feel respected. The appropriate eye contact, touches, kindnesses, inclusion in activities, social invitations, etc. make as much difference as the way we are addressed. Remember that what you are seeing is not a ‘man dressed as a woman,’ but a woman. Her body might not fit your image of a female, especially with the inevitable tricks that your memory will play on you, but she is a woman.

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