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I 1million % agree to this!

co-sign msveevee1_ Now I know with all the brothas on here that JUMP at the chance to point out each and every flaw with the black woman, love to hold us accountable…I think we need to see all y’all up in hurr with this one!

too many not all but too many black fathers don’t take care of their responsibility and you have the mother who is doing waaaayyyy to much just to keep the family strong and moving in the right direction.

I am niether a father nor a black man but I will add that I agree with Holder and the three lovely ladies below.

*neither

Im black and fortunate to have been raised by both parents. I nearly hit a guy for bragging about all the kids he has and women he slept around with, mainly because people like him do nothing more than to contribute an already falsely negative stereotype about us.

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i’m pretty sure i don’t have any kids but if i did, without a doubt i’d be in the same house and helping with homework and all that sh it!

I am a single father of twins, and they are special needs children. Their mother left them and I have custody of them. I was raised by both of my parents, and it takes two to raise a child. My father taught me how to be a man and take care of my responsibilities while my mother nurtured me, and gave me the soft side that I need to be a complete man. Being a single father is hard, but I am doing a great job. As a man I don’t see how any man could not be around their child and not take care of them. I couldn’t imagine a day without my children, but they are the only thing that I have that makes my day no matter what they do and don’t do. Brothas we really need to stand up…although mothers do a great job on their own…WE are the core of the development of our children….we add the umf to our children and we really need to stand up and do what we gotta do….I love children and if I could be every fatherless child’s daddy I would, but I can’t. BLACK MEN STAND UP AND DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO!

He should call on ALL fathers to take responsibility, not just the black ones. What kind of one-sided crap is this? How come every time a Negro type person has any kind of successful career *cough* Bill Cosby *cough*, he starts talking down his or her nose to other black folks like he/she suddenly isn’t one of us? What’s up with that nasal noise?

Society tries to act like it’s only black fathers who shirk the responsibility of fatherhood. If that’s the case, why are there so many kids out here in the world that are totally messed up and NOT black? Those Columbine kids weren’t black, were they? Look at Lindsey Lohan and Britney Spears and those Olsen twins and Paris Hilton – all white, all got money, all FUBAR-ed. If I were a black father (I’m a female) who was holding his down like I’m supposed to, this article would make me mad as hell. It seems to me like people are always telling black people what they should do and what’s best for us like we can’t think for ourselves. Black folks get so much advice from so many, yet, when black folks try to tell other folks how they should live, everybody gets real nasty. Ever notice that?

It’s in the same vein as being black and a grown up adult and being called “boy” or “girl”. It’s condescending as hell and I don’t like it one bit.

You want to help, then help, but don’t preach to me from your pedestal, mister uppity Negro type person. It’s hard down here in the mucky-muck, or have you forgotten since you’ve ascended to a higher plane?

BlkSuperHero928…Im glad that the male wh*oring around sickens you…BUT it is not a false negativity about the black man dear…Black men leaving the home is VERY much alive and well in our community. I am not saying they are the only race that does it, whites, hispanics all that, all races have the problem..BUT this is about the black ones, the only ones that I care about. What black men dont realize is they can make a GREAT impact on being in their childrens lives. I cant seem to preach that enough. I too am a child of a two parent home and having my father around made ALL THE DIFFERENCE in who I am. True I am a female and mother was very neccessary in the home, but there were many lessons I learned that only my father could have taught me. He helped in shaping the way I choose my mate, he set the standard for what I should look for in a man in every aspect. He as the male also helped teach my sister and I how a woman should always present herself, how men see us in their eyes. 95% of what he taught us we STILL utilize right today (that other 5% was wearing dresses everyday…cant do it..lol).
But to the black men that are out there doing what they are supposed to be doing whether you are in the home with your kids or not…trust me, we do appreciate, value and give you the utmost respect for taking your responsibility…Kudos to you!

I agree and don’t forget oking teen pregnancy, and women having kids by different men.
It is like slavery.
Siblings and fathers all scattered to the winds.

Let me get this straight. A woman has a constitutional right to an abortion. Not the men that everyone seems to want to hold accountable. Beyond conception, a man has no control over whether or not a child is born. He cannot force her to carry a child to term. Also, only the woman has the right to end a pregnancy. Furthermore, she can end her pregnancy for any reason, or no reason at all. Yet, it is the men that need to be preached to? Gimme a break! It seems to me that our young women need to learn a thing or two. They are the only ones with the power to change whether or not children are born into proper families. Women are the ones responsible for whether or not children have a relationship with their fathers! If in fact a man is a dead-beat; what does that make the woman who chose to have a child by that moron? You can point the finger at men all you want, but there has never been a child born in the history of mankind based on a man’s prerogative. Not to mention the many obstacles placed between a man and his child in a lot of situations. Let’s stop speculating after the child is born. Teach young women to make better choices. Only then will we truly address the root of the issue.

I LOVE HOW SOME BLACK MEN JUSTIFY LEAVING THE HOME BY SAYING WELL ALL NATIONALITIES DO IT, THATS YOUR DEFENSE LOL. EVERY ILL IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS ASSOCIATED TO BLACK MEN LEAVING, GET OVER IT, BE A MAN BUT THATS THE PROBLEM WE MAY HAVE TO ADMIT THAT MANY BLACK MEN ARENT BLACK MEN WE STILL HAVE A LARGE SOCIETY OF BLACK BOYS, AND EVERYONE KNOWS IT.
HEY CHECK OUT YOUR KIDS BLACK MEN

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SomebodyDaddy…Its BOTH people’s fault! Just like the woman has the right or choice to keep the child….THEY BOTH had the right and CHOICE to lay down and make said baby. Trust me, outside of invetro fertilization..NO WOMAN can make a baby by herself! and even with invetro…the eggs STILL have to be pre-fertilized. So that man is all in the mix just as much as women are. And in A LOT of cases, hte drama doesnt start until AFTER the baby comes. There is no way to truly predetermine how things will work out because people change, people LIE to get what they want. You need to get out that tunnel homeboy..its much more LIGHT out here!

CaliFemme23….you completely missed the point. Simply because a baby is conceived doesn’t mean a baby will be born in this society. A woman can carry, and give birth to a child against a man’s will. However, if the woman wants an abortion, the father of the child cannot force her to carry, and give birth to the child. That decision is solely hers, by law. It is illogical to turn around and then claim he has the same culpability in the decision as the woman. Don’t get me wrong, I certainly don’t let my brothas off the hook. Still, my point is that children should be brought into this world with more forethought. The only forethought that truly counts is that of the woman. If you want to address a problem, you must go to the root. There is no need in me preaching about the virtues of marriage, and the ideal situation to have a child in. We know how things are truly playing out day in and day out. We must deal with things as they are, not as we want them to be.

….oh, one more thing. Let us not forget. Abortion isn’t the only option given to women and not men. Women are allowed to abandon their children by transfer to the state, or simply adopting them out. For any reason, or no reason at all. If the “blame” is to be applied equally; Perhaps you can explain how it is that women have 3 options that men don’t have? “To much is given, much is expected and required.”

[...] Attorney General Holder Calls On Black Fathers To Take Responsibility [...]

[...] Attorney General Holder Calls On Black Fathers To Take Responsibility [...]

[...] To wit: “Too many men in the black community have created children and left them to be raised by caring mothers. These women do a wonderful job, but we ask too much of them and too little of our men,” Holder told the congregation, which included members of his family, according to Newsday. “It should simply be unacceptable for a man to have a child and then not play an integral part in the raising and nurturing of the child.” – Eric Holder [...]