We Need More Emphasis on Fatherhood in the Black Community

Welfare Equals the Decline of Black Families

Social programs of the 1960's like the great society have played a major role in the decline of the black family and community. The liberal agenda emphasized policies have incentivized pregnancy and turned it into a cultural staple. In no way am I blaming black women. But in a way I am. Our US government, who supposedly has our best interest in hand has told these women that if the man is not in the home, they can get welfare. They have encouraged unemployment and having more kids that they know they can’t take care of and afford. This leads to impoverishing innocent children. Before these policies, the number of black children born without Fathers was less than 10 percent in the 1960s, but now it’s up to 72 percent and rising. Also children who don’t have fathers are more likely to do bad in school and resort to drugs.

Child Support

Child support is another major issue in the black comunity that pretains to fatherhood. It plays a huge role in the community. It is defined as court-ordered payments, typically made by a noncustodial divorced parent, to support one’s minor child or children. Child support is a staggering debt that is holding not only black fathers but fathers in general by the neck. If these men dont pay it, they can have their wages garnished, property taken, or even face jail time. A few years ago, I heard a story about a man who had a baby with a woman 20 years ago. He was paying child support to the baby’s mother every month. This man lived out of state. He had no contact with the baby and 20 years later he found out the baby had died in infentry. He was STILL making payments though. Shortly after finding out he sued the state and the woman for child support fraud, but was not granted any money. Another example would be situations with men who thought the baby was theirs, and then find out 18 years later from a test that their not his. Neither the woman or the state is ever held responsible. How can you expect men to step up if their is a posibility of being robbed.

“The welfare programs cheered on by blacks are ultimately the chains by which they are enslaved.” — Leonardo Pilipis

What’s the cause for all this?

Well let’s be honest, what will the majority of blacks say? “Oh it’s because of slavery” or “ It’s because we’ve been systemically oppressed by whites”. My answer is no. At some point we have to realize that we are the sources of our own problems. Yes the government has set up programs that make us do worse. But it’s up to us to react and evolve around these problems. I think now it’s more fitting to talk about the solutions to the lack of fatherhood in the black community. Here’s a list of things that could possibly be solutions.

• First address the problem:
• Talk to local representatives and community leaders
• Trust each other
• Pull resources together
• Support our own

In Closing

I have often been called a coon and Uncle Tom for my opinions but I believe whole heartedly that if our people come together we can pull ourselves up with our own bootstraps. One trillion dollars is spent by blacks every year in this country, it’s time we use that money for something better than weaves, weed, and what’s in style. Lets make things better for the children and their futures, and break the curse of generational poverty.