Iconicschmoobie
Iconicschmoobie t1_j0o6vgb wrote
Reply to comment by theKtrain in Among black parents, paternal support and interparental relationship quality can play a protective role, promoting maternal mental health and wellbeing. by Respawan
I said the common myth that black families are missing their fathers is perpetuated by racists. In black communities there are plenty of nuclear families. I think you misinterpreted my comment.
Iconicschmoobie t1_j0nxwii wrote
Reply to comment by Avalanche2 in Among black parents, paternal support and interparental relationship quality can play a protective role, promoting maternal mental health and wellbeing. by Respawan
This is a common myth spread by racists. Single motherhood isn’t a huge problem and isn’t exclusively a black community problem. People just aren’t being forced into marriage for being pregnant anymore
Iconicschmoobie t1_j0oamho wrote
Reply to comment by theKtrain in Among black parents, paternal support and interparental relationship quality can play a protective role, promoting maternal mental health and wellbeing. by Respawan
I’d have to see the stats they pull from. They’re saying over 50% of black kids don’t live with their biological fathers. Growing up it always seemed more of an economic/education issue. My black family doesn’t have this issue, most of the people I knew in middle class families did not have this issue. It also only states biological fathers and not step fathers or uncles acting as a father figure. Black and Latin families tend to have multiple generations in the same household or neighborhood. It’s culturally different from white Americans. I don’t think numbers will show that.
I just dislike when people act as if the absence of black fathers and father figures are a raging epidemic. I’ve had people assume I didn’t have a father and it’s weird