I've said many times that white people are not our primary problem in the black community. Black criminals, bums, pimps, welfare maidens, uneducated dropouts, and sorry drug addicts are our problem. And it runs deeper than that. The lack of the male head, the father is a huge problem in the black community. Do you think that God put men over families just for fun? No. Here is the order of the family:
God, His Son, man, woman. Feminists aside, God put men as the head of the family, after God Himself. God also is in favor or marriages and says that He hates divorce. He allows for divorce but He hates it. Why does He hate divorce? Well He can clearly see all the problems that divorce causes. One of those problems is that any children convieved in the marriage will grow up without a father in the home and the probability of the males ending up in jail sky rockets.
Why are so many black males in jail? If you ask them whether or not they grew up in a household with a father, 90% of them will answer, "no". Read Bill Cosby's latest book. If we continue getting offended every time the truth is told, our race will continue on its steady decline and devastation.
I often wonder what it's going to take to wake black folks up to the fact that we need to confront the fatherlessness in our community and work for solutions to salvage this problem. We also need to salvage the fact that many blacks are drop outs and illiterate.
Check out this article:
As the mug shots of the alleged killers of NFL star Sean Taylor were shown on television, I kept wondering when we were going to see their parents step forward. I saw a couple of mothers, but their dads were missing in action.
Roland Martin credits two strong parents with raising him to do right by them.
Dads matter, and it's ridiculous for us to act as if all it takes is a loving mom.
Now, I don't know what it means not to have a father in your life. I'm not familiar with a mom being strung out on a crack binge. And when my parents were called to the school when there was a discipline problem, Mom and Dad didn't go off on the teacher or principal. In fact, I can still feel the pain of my elementary school principal's paddle being applied to my butt when I acted a fool. The principal could only pop me three times. Dad? He had no limit.
Bottom line: I can sit here today and celebrate them and enjoy a wonderful life because my parents were hell-bent on raising their children to do right by them, especially my dad.
We can spend all day talking about the ills afflicting urban America -- and there are plenty that are institutional -- but the decaying value of life in inner cities clearly can be traced to the exodus of fathers from the lives of so many young men. Excuses often are tossed about as to why black men leave their children (and their children's moms) to fend for themselves. But a lot of them are just sorry and refuse to accept the responsibility that comes with raising a child.
SOURCE: HickTown Press
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