Some can't commit to a family, children or one wife. Some, not all. Some black women blame slavery, and it is logical argument.
Black men were used to breed more babies that would grow up to be free labor. If it meant that they would separate a married couple to do it they would. Just like cattle. Women were left to raise the family even taking charge of the white children. The black man took care of the labor outside and dared not go inside the house.
This root of unstableness has been the history of American black men. Strong black woman, obedient reluctant black man.
We can say this for all race of men nowadays, but for some reason, the stigma is large in the black community that has the unresolved issue of slave mentality.
Some white people actually believed that I didn't have a father in the house growing up just because I was black. Even after knowing me for awhile. Ugh. This is not cute. Is this prejudice toward black men not taking responsibility going to be rectified? Does it have merit? What do you think?
Please explain this American predisposition to slavery mentality a little further. It seems to me that American media perpetuates this idea so heavily, but over here in England, it's not like that at all. Do you think black Americans need to stop calling themselves African American and look to their ancestral roots and come to terms with who they are, not as a people, but as individuals, before all these stereotypes can be laid to rest?
ReplyDeleteHi! I really don't like any of the labels: black, African American, Colored. It all seems negative. Yes, Sister, I would love to been seen as an individual on television and that the whole slavery thing would be over. There is still a divide here because no one ever really 'ended' slavery. Blacks were just set free. But, the population was never fully educated on equal grounds in all parts of society until the Civil Rights. So, as a whole -not everyone- have substantial problems as a race here due to this miseducation: stable family, single motherhood rise, highest HIV rates, high crime, and low understanding how to take care of finances for the future. This is not a stereotype. This is the majority of blacks I have lived among. Thanks for the question.
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