I love this comment: “Visibly missing/ Deafeningly silent on this issue: 1. White feminists 2. White feminists who love to complain that black women like Michelle Obama &/or Beyonce are not feminist enough 3. Minority groups who continually ask Black people to speak up for their cause (Immigrant Associations, LGBTQ Associations, non-black Muslim organizations…
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James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley – 1965
One thing I’d love to do over the next few years is to be a moderator of a series of debates. I love intellectual challenges and enjoy hearing different points of view. It would be great to get public intellectuals with various points of view in a room and find out where there might be…
Read moreThe Myth Of The Deadbeat Dad
From the wild Irish slums of the 19th-century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: a community that allows large numbers of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set…
Read moreBlack Women Ain’t WHAT?
I am the first one to say that ALL black women ain’t sh*t…or even that any other type of women fall into this category. While I don’t agree with sweeping generalizations and the way she presented her thoughts, a lot of what she ways is right on the mark. Pay attention:
Read moreMarriage and The Single Black Woman
Removing so many men from the marriage market has profound consequences. As incarceration rates exploded between 1970 and 2007, the proportion of US-born black women aged 30-44 who were married plunged from 62% to 33%. Why this happened is complex and furiously debated. The era of mass imprisonment began as traditional mores were already crumbling,…
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