The central thesis of my argument was and still is that the social costs of “out of wedlock” births is too high a price for us to pay.
Chicago Sun-Times columnist, Mary Mitchell’s piece, “Kicking Single Moms While Thier Down,” was a critical piece in response to NWNW got blowback from readers sick and tired of the same old excuses.
Fatherlessness and out-of-wedlock birth rates are the top challenge facing Black America, and we will not continue to progress without tackling it.
All along, I was thinking that there must be something wrong with us as a group if we can seriously consider shooting ourselves in the foot like this by promoting single motherhood. There is no shame in single motherhood. Let me repeat that for you really dense people out there: There is no shame in single motherhood. It’s not a matter of shame. It is a matter of people advising others against taking a risk that usually does not work out well.
Many bw who pledge feminsist act like the theories are set in stone, sacred and cannot be adapted to suit but must be applied as is, many act like bw are to be held prisoners to the precepts of feminsism rather than the precepts being their for serving bw.
Black In the Bay State – Fly, Fabulous and Fed up Changing the black perspective one entry at a time straw arguments against NWNW, separating myths from facts Myth – Your husband will beat you. Your kid is better off. Fact – If you pick a good husband in the first place, you don’t have to [...]
This is kind of like being pecked by a duck. Doesn’t hurt, just distracting and annoying.
Here is my comment from this post. I guess I should really thank these people for martyring me. Anyone in their right mind can see through this. Here’s the problem with your arguement about me and my husband (by the way, is so low a blow that I can’t even tell you) his ancestry did [...]