my grandmother had six kids 5 diffrent fathers and none of there fathers were around that was why my father was such a poor dad this problem will get better when black women learn to either keep there legs closed are use some birth control is that to much ask of a women

See, the problem comes when no ones wants to take responsibility. We are quick to say it’s all the woman fault, or it’s all the man’s fault. Those are both bogus statements. We can’t keep pointing fingers. It takes two to tango.

I got much love and respect for the black fathers that are there for their kids even if they no longer get along with the mothers.
Too bad I can’t put my own father in that category

I love my daddy!!!

I belie that saying “my dad wasn’t there for me because his dad wasn’t there for him.” that’s a poor ass excuse for lazy ass men. POINT BLANK! My grandfather was NEVER there for my dad, Matter of fact my dad has NEVER seen him, and MY DAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY, FINANCIALLY etc..The fact and the matter is, if a man isn’t ready for a child/ren then it will show no matter how much children he has.

my dad definately was there for me when i needed him or not! he didnt have much to offer except good advise. he couldnt help me get ahead but he did keep me out of trouble and help me keep from losing my mind. he just made sure that i knew the playing field wasnt level and if i wasnt going to put my all into it, dont. do it right or dont do it at all was his motto!!!
THANK YOU DAD!!! R.I.P!!!

If not for my grandfather i’d never celebrate father’s day.

I want to thank my father for not being there ever, and then having the nerve to call me all casually everynow and then to “see how I’ve been”. F**k a Fathers day, and f**k me too.

I am a woman and my father was never there for me. I would like to thank him for this b/c I’ve had wonderful father figures. Such as my uncle, grandfather, and my mother’s friend. They have showed me what real men are all about

My parents are my best friends, especially my father. I hope men get their crap together and start being loving, responsible fathers to their children.

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads who are all of the above.

I really can’t speak for everybody… I love my father more than anyone could know, even though i didn’t live with him after the age of 3 I was with my dad every weekend, holiday, you name it i was there.I’m 26 yrs.old and I talk to my dad everyday. To me its all about the relationship you have with your dad…Happy Fathers Day!!!!!!!!!!!

I can’t say nothing bad t all bout my father….my parents raised me and my brother together my father has always been there for us…and I thank him for rasingm e into a young woman……Love u daddy!!

why call it ‘Father’s Day’? if you’re hood, u don’t have a father. u got a DADDY (a father who’s not respected). the same way u/we have a MAMA. only middle class folks can only call it Father’s Day or Mother’s Day. the rest of us can call it Baby Daddy’s Day or Baby Mama’s Day.

You Never
You never said I’m leaving
You never said goodbye
You were gone before I knew it,
And only God knew why
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried
If Love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died
In Life I loved you dearly
In death I love you still
In my heart you hold a place,
That no one could ever fill
It broke my heart to lose you,
But you didn’t go alone
For part of me went with you,
The day God took you home.
Author Unknown

My father was absent in my life. But i have a wonderful mother who was my mom and dad. So she celebrates both………lol!!! He made two beautiful daughters and is a part of his beautiful grandaughter so I would like to thank him from having some good looking genes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

Father’s Day
Over the years
As we grow old,
We remember our father
So brave and bold.

In the garden,
Leaning on the plow,
He would listen to me;
I see him now.

He would give advice
And understand;
He was always there
To lend a hand.

God made fathers
Strong and firm,
For he knew our lives
Would have great concerns.

So he gave us fathers
To teach us to pray,
And guide our lives,
And show us the way.

So on his day
Let’s take the time
To say “Thanks, dad.
I’m glad you’re mine.”
Mary Frances Bogle

fuq fathers day

I call it Father’s Day because I was given a Father, no matter what the case may be. Happy Father’s Day to all the single Mother’s raising them bad azz kids…just kiddin, but not really

I’m really taken back by all of this hype, we speak and we say that we wish to move in our own direction, yet we play and participate in these ideals that not only are not ours but is one of the reasons, i would tend to believe is the breakdown of the African American family. When we were brought here by slave holders and owners, we were allowed to hal sex but when the family started coming along the Slave Master saw more money within his greedy eyes, down through the years this syndrome has continued to perpetuate with the advent of drive by shooting,drug deals. I can raise my head and state that my Father and Mother divorce when I was about three years of age, yet, they did not depart like some of the wild animals in divorce court. They both raise me and I was able to go back and forth without having to worry about being taken out of the area.
So, I say this to this day, if well enough would leave well enough alone, I believe that these absent men will return and man up (as my two (2)Daughters like to say. But please remember when you have drugs in the neighborhood instead of jobs, look for this cycle to continue to spiral out of Control. That is why the polls show the negative and the part about not even knowing who he was. I love and miss my Father, because through it all and from all o the Children (I am the last surviving child) he believed in me, When the other Brothers Joined the Army, he laugh and smile (he had already retired from the Army) when I joined the Marine Corps and Graduated PFC from Parris Island in 1972 as the Youngest recruit in the Platoon. So, this is for you DAD, when the others though that I would not make it you told them, do not dirty red fool you, he made of more steel than what you all think, when they said I was foolish not the take the Scholarship to Gramblin or Alcorn, you told them he has two heritages as you all do, just watch and you will see, So, here is to you DAD, although you were sick and unable to see my Graduate wilh my Doctorate Degree, I know that at your funeral you smile down from out there and saw those beautiful Granddaughters (who just give me fits)and was very please. They smiled at you in your Casket and look at me and said DA, DA he looks like you. So, FATHER, DAD, to you on your DAY, I say Happy FATHER’s DAY, and Simper Fidelis, From an Old Marine that you believed in.

This is for all the single moms out here holding it down for their kids..”Happy Father’s Day!…

Excerpts from a card given to me today by my 17 yr old..
“No one ever felt how thin the “Mama time” was spread, ’cause you made sure the “Mama love” was heaped on thick,instead. You proved that one devoted parent loves as much as two. Thank you, Mama. “Bless your heart for everything you do.”

Much Love and respect to all single Fathers out there. Your kids know who’s there for them…..

that’s sad yall black women want credit for doing what the ur suppose to do which is fine and dandy but don’t walk around male bashing on the side like you didn’t play a part in the child being here cuz afterall you got with the dude had a baby before getting to know what exactly what you were dealing with, i look at it like this maybe if ur were not busy being so materialistic alot of you wouldn’t have that problem, and further iam tired of watching maury and yall making about YOU and not the child cuz if was all about ur like half of yall say it is it wouldn’t matter if the father was there or not and on that note : HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL THE FATHER THAT ARE TRYING TO TAKE OF THERE KIDS WHETER IT BE THROUGH MARRIAGE, SINGLE ,OR THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM !!!!
P.S some of know ya dead ass wrong for making that man pay child support and he’s active in the childs life

fuq fathers day.

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Damn!!! Can we be positive for Fathers day? Just because your Dad was a punk doesn’t mean everyone else dad was one..

Anyway HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all the fathers!!! Black planet and Newsone suck!!

As black people we should stop bashing each other…Out of all the positive things to say…these sites choose the negative..

fuq fathers day.,,

For all of the men who are in their childrens life..Happy fathers day!

I find it funny that some people tend to have no control over their emotions. They tend to think its all about them and not the world. That kind of thinking puts a lot of brothers in situations that they should not be in. I’m not giving an excuss, because there isn’t one for absentee fathers. However, for those who have kids and their fathers are in their lives, please understand women its not about you. Its about the growth of the kids. A child need both parents, regardless of what many thinks. History has provend that. Not to take away from the single mothers or fathers. But in these days a mother can not teach a boy how to become a man. And a 30yr old boy can teach a boy to become a man. Only a man can take the boy to the next step to manhood. Oh! I forgot, a woman who acts like a man can’t either……..For the absentee fathers! Sister you need to know how to pick between a man and man wantabee. You are getting the materialistic things mixed up with men qualities. To tell the difference you must know what a man’s qualities are. Once you find that out, then the younger and older sisters will become to understand how to pick a real bra.

F**K NEWSONE
HAPPY FATHERS DAY
my mother KNEW how to choose a good man.
too bad your mother was the hood’s w***e.

happy fathersday to all the strong fathers in the world keep being a good father and when that child get older may god bless him to be like you no better then you because i wont have that chance to tell my dad so to the ladies who have to play that roll do ya thang mama and let them now they can still be anything through our LORD ,JESUS CHRIST

TO THE MEN IN MY LIFE HAPPY FATHERS DAY ,ANTHONY,ARCHIE,TERRIE,AND THE REST OF MY UNCLES AND CUZO WHOS HOLDING IT DOWN

Damn, its fathers day again.. but fucc the day.. everyday I see my child is fathers day to me.. I have a bond with my daughter like none else. Like no other father with his kids I know of or see. Im proud to be a father.. Im proud… Happy fathers day to all the real men like myself holdin it down for they kids.. if you dont, who will….

FATHERS DAY IS COOL, BUT I PERSONALLY DONT WANT PRAISES FOR SUMTHIN I ALWAYS SPOSE TO BE DOING!

We are being inundated with negative press about Black fathers. I decided to write about the lessons my father has taught me and how they are very different from the stereotypes being portrayed. The “essay” is entitled Lessons From My Black Father: A Father’s Day Letter. Please visit the attached link to read it. Thank you.
http://www.myblacknetworks.com/ViewNews.asp?ReleaseID=759

I would like to thank all the real men who are actually in their kids life and being a father and its not by force.

One love to all of the Father’s out there. We know everyday is Father’s day and it is our responsibility to live up to what a Father should be, but take this day, acknowledge it and celebrate, because we have become close to an extinct group and when this day comes each year, it is a reminder and a priviledge to be honored.

I grew up w/o my father and I hate him! Fortunately, I had my stepfather who did a wonderful job raising me. Too many black fathers not stepping up to men and take care of their kids. It’s not enought to just pay child support but you have to be there as a father. Hopefully, black familys will get it together.

happy father’s day to all the dads out there. anybody can be a father even a women but its something special when your a dad. dads know that we don’t need praises for something that we suppose to but its nice for those who appreciates and think of us for things we do. the statistics in news one are not as bad as some people thought about fathers in the black community. im glad its out now that dads are there for their children.

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Happy Father’s Day to the REAL father’s out there. . . .not the ones who simply managed to knock up some piece of ass they hit.

Happy Father’s Day to all the men out here in this world who are and trying to be there for their child…we know its hard sometimes and some of us do understand your struggle and your not always the blame when you sometime have the mother of your child knocking you and not wanting you around your child just because the two of ya’ll are not together. And to the women who have been both parents we know its not you who walked out and know that we as single black parents had to step up…even as fathers too.

Thanx dad for ALWAYS being there for me!!! Love you!!

We already know fathers have huge impact on young men, but we need to focus on their absence from the lives of girls who grow to women. Fathers, be there for your children, especially these black females. They’re coming out messed up, today, and you need to be there so they can learn to respect black men, know what a good one is, so that they can be with one when they grow up.

straight up!!!! HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY I LOVE YOU, i thank god for u everyday ;) As a BLACK WOMAN, i’ve never once had to ? why my father was never there for me…my momma also played a part in that Because she didnt just give herself to any man…so BIG UPS..TO THEM…if i wanted/needed anything i got it, if i needed protection i got it, if i needed a shoulder to cry on i had it…MY POPS IS “THE MAN” he’s the reason i am the woman i am today….im a HEADSTRONG, GROUNDED, WELL-PUT-TOGETHER…YOUNG WOMAN THANKS TO HIM…..SO HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ALL REAL MEN ;) we need more fathers out there like you! -out-

HAPPY FATHERS DAY! to all the men out there who did’nt just make babies, but ACTUALLY take care of their babies. All others are simply sperm donors who got caught up in the mix…stick by your children fellas, no matter how much you dont like their mothers. Laws protect the fathers rights now so the days of you not being able to do anything are long gone. Put your feelings to the side and be there for the little ones.

My father is deceased now, but I am grateful for him having been in my life EVERYDAY bringing me knowledge, self esteem, confidence, life lessons, letting me bump my hard ass head when I needed to, discipline, care, understanding, support and above all else…LOVE…

He was a great one…STILL miss him dearly…

I use to wonder why so many fathers abandonded there resposnsibilities as men then I had a child with a difficult woman. Although I would never walk out of my childs life I understand why so many men took it to that extreme. If we want the problem with AWOL dads to be reduced lets start with a bias cort system that allows bad parents to stick it to good parents. The family court system has a major role in reducing this problem. Happy 17% day my brothers! Enjoy it with your children. Although I am spending this fathers day in Afghanistan I still was able to enjoy it with my son!

What a dumb story. According to this story 70% of those asked love their fathers? So how is it this story is focused on the 19% who dont know their fathers and the 11% who hate them?

My step-father taught me how to work hard, but I experienced a lot of physical/mental abuse during the process therefore I have mixed feelings. I am thankful for him, but if I had to change thing I would search for a step-father who was more fun-loving and caring. I love the man, but when i look back on things unfortunately the bad over-shadows the good. The sad part about it all is I am generally an optimistic/grateful person, but its hard for me to be totally grateful with my situation. Thank God for my mom who continues to love and support me….i don’t blame her at all because she had her own demons to deal with. God Bless all of you brothas and sistahs who struggle with similar feelings. I admire those of you who had an abuse free childhood….may Blessings to you all as well. I pray that i one day have children and that i treat them well.

@CaliFemme23…I co-sign with you and Happy Father’s Day Dad I will always love and miss you.

I think It’s Sad that On a Day where we should be thanking Father’s for being there..Instead I see a lot of sadness,bitterness,resenment,anger and hurt..fathers you have to do a waaay better job..seriously

My father was a better parent than my mother though I shouldn’t be comparing them. The point is there are great fathers out there that just don’t get the proper recognition.

could care less about anybody else…my dad is black…n he’s always been there….

My father is black, he has and still is in my life. my mom and dad are married but split when I was 8. BUT my mom never spome bad about him or got him for child support. He was always doing what he had to no matter what. I appreciate and love my father for that. Some people should clear the hatred out of their hearts. Its not healthy for real.

Well. . ..I’m not in that 7/10, but congrats to those who are.

I love my father til the day he died. When he died I felt his last pulse leave his body. A part of me died at 3 am that morning. God Bless you daddy!

just pondering about how many white folk LOVe they dad and what percentage?

I would estimate that percentage 2 be at 45-60% if that due 2 the fact that white boys tend 2 hate they fathers and white females tend 2 take the mothers side due 2 the fathers insurrection of the family(cheating on wife, not taking care of the household so child support was created for that purpose)

WE have always loved and repsected our womben and took care of the household EVEN WHEN the kids was not ours…

there’s an old saying
“if you feed them long enough, they your children”

I love my parents. At times however, I dont like them.

RIP DADDY.i love my daddy like ill never love another man.my daddy was handsome,smart,compassionate,he was an honest man,he had special songs(WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS LOVE,SWEET LOVE) that he sang to us and i will always be his poo.
all of my life ive tried to find a love like his but its impossible b/c no man can love me like my daddy did.im not sure if thats a good thing or not but i wish to have a love as strong and unconditional as the love i have for my daddy and like he had for me…
i can only think of 1 bad decision he made EVER.he made 1 mistake by cheating on my mom and she ended the togetherness of our family when i was a kid however, my daddy was always in our lives and us girls always knew he loved us more than he loved himself and our mom.my daddy was a MARINE and was injured and paralyzed but he still gave us girls all the love&time he had.many many times id walk hours to the kentucky nursing home he was in so i could surprise him with a visit AND bask in his love for me, my sisters and our mom.one year @ the nursing home(in kentucky) he went into a coma and he was brought to teh hospital in my county but they had to send him to memphis tenn and you know i jumped in the ambulance with him to the hospital b/c i didnt want my daddy to wake up alone.afer two days??he woke up on valentines day and i spent all morning with him.about noontime i started walking the 100 miles back to my home and i was content that i was there with him when he woke up.i was absolutey faithful that GOD would see me safely home to my daughters,his granddaughters and HE did.
up until his dying day my daddy professed his love for my mother and he never was happy again after they broke up-he moved on but never in happiness like he had with my mom.i honestly feel his love for us was so profound b/c he truly loved our mom but i pray that other fathers who dont love their baby mamas love the children with every fiber in their being b/c every child deserves to be loved and feel loved by their daddy-especially girls b/c my daddy is my hero and the apple fo my eye.I MISS YOU SO MUCH DADDY AND ILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU,POO

after 25 yrs, just made contact w/ my biological dad and long lost siblings via facebook on monday. can’t wait to meet the man!

I love my dad he’s hard on me but I’m understanding as I get older. He help me with college I can’t complain. I hope I can do something big for him one day.

My Dad isn’t a wise man, he’s not very bright. He’s made many foolish mistakes and even to this day he still hasn’t learned from most of them, he’s just too old to do most of them them again, lol. He’s a materialistic person, I’m the total opposite. I’m good with money, I know how to make it and I know how to hold onto it for a long time… he’s terrible with money, and I’ve watched him blow as much as $35,000 in less than 2 months. I’m very educated, he’s not. I speak well, he doesn’t… We’re very, very different people.

But the one most important thing I can say about my Dad, is that if you were down he’d give you his last dollar to try and help you. I got my work ethic from my Dad; he’s one of the hardest working people I’ve ever known. And even though we had an extremely tumultuous early period together (he partied a lot when he was younger and wasn’t around as much as he should’ve been), as we got older he did his best to make up for it, and you know what? I can honestly say that he’s succeeded. Without my Dad I wouldn’t be the success that I am today, because he helped me in times where I literally would’ve died without him. I love my Dad, and even though the road to realizing that love was hard, I wouldn’t change the journey for the world.

I guess what I’m saying to you all is… very few Fathers will be looked at as being the best in every area. It may be possible that you too are going through a tough early period with your own Father. But give it time. Many Fathers are simply not emotionally and spiritually evolved yet when they bring us into this world, and it takes time for them to reach the point where they’ve found enough stability within themselves to be the person you need them to be. In short, depending on your situation, don’t give up on your Father, there is the possibility that things may turn around down the road.

Every Father’s Day along with Mother’s Day I take my Momma and stepfather out to Breakfast. Never had a relationship with my Father. He was a better father to his stepchildren than with me and my siblings. My Momma did everything she could to get me to make the first step…why should I.

I could not love him as a father because I did not know him. I could not grieve for him when he passed away…again I did not know him. My stepfather from age 8 was my father and when he passed, there was and continue to be emptiness in my heart for him and sadness for my Mother, because she is now existing without her soulmate of over 30 years.

GREW UP NO DAD, NO MOM REALLY, SHE HAD 4 OF US, I WAS ONLY BOY N OLDEST! I UNDERSTAND, I GUESS! LOVE MOMMA NO RESPECT FOR DAD, DONT LIKE THE MAN HE IS AND WUT HE DOES! ANYWAY, A LOT OF US WANT TO B FATHERS TO OUR CHILDREN BUT THE MOTHERS R NOT LETTING US THEY R KEEPING US AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN! THEY MAD N THEY USE KIDS AS PAWNS N TAKE UR KIDS AWAY TO HURT U OUTTA SPITE N MALICE EVEN GO AS LOW TO GET U LOCKED UP FOR NOTHIN N LIE ON U, TELL UR KIDS ALL KINDA BS SO THEY GROW UP HATIN U! MOTHERS DECIDE HU THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO CALL DADDY, MAKE’M MAD N THEY KICK U OUT THE PICTURE UR KIDS WILL B CALLIN ANOTHA MAN DADDY! HOW FUCD UP IS THAT N WE STILL GOTTA PAY CHILD SUPPORT! FUC IT, IT IZ WUT IT IZ, C U WHEN U GROWN, HOPEFULLY! REAL NIGGAS NO WUT IM TALKIN BOUT CUZ THAT AINT NUTTIN BUT REAL S**T FASHO!

Damn…

Don’t know my real earthly dad, but I sure love my Heavenly Father. And I’m cool with that.

@Kashi…I proud for you! I hope its everything that you prayed for it to be. Good luck!

To reply to the intent of this post: I don’t know my father. I know who he is, but I don’t know him.

It is sad because my grandfather was in my father’s life, but my father did not have that type of relationship with me. Another irony: I am now a single-father with full custody of my two daughters (11 and 13). I guess I learned how mch it hurt to not have a father in order to become a father to my children.

My father is my hero.I’m my own man but i find myself in ways of trying to live and raise my family as he has done with us.Parents been married almost 40 years and he has ALWAYS been a husband,parent,provider and friend to all of us.I love the man with ALL my heart.He’s a deacon and teacher and has always kept us in the church.We left home when we found our wives and kept what we learned from our parents and are currently in great churches and keeping our spouses happy.Dad and Mom,THANK YOU for loving and believing in us…

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