Middle aged black men who smoke do have a shortened life expectancy... add in whatever else he may be involved with and we can continue to pray the medical averages will not be in his favor!
The trips to the bath houses may be a problem.
I also remember back in the late 50's and 60's Harry Belefonte made a big deal out of being a Jamaican and not afro american....until it became more beneficial to him to be a black man....