13173038, Do you all disagree that it is much "easier" for a man to abandon Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Wed Jul-12-17 01:23 PM
his family than a woman?
And I say easier from a social stigma to logistical point of view?
Ever see a birth certificate without a father's name on it? Sure.
Ever see a birth certificate without a mother's name on it? I wager never.
And if you think that is not the case why do you think there are so many mother single parent households than father single parent households?
> >Black men face tremendous discrimination and persecution in >society, absolutely. But, I can't get behind the idea that >this absolves any and all privilege. > >I mean, by that logic, are we also going to posit that White >Female Privilege doesn't exist because of the inequities white >women experience under white patriarchy?? > >And what if we consider Black folks whose father bounced when >they were young who couldn't even tell you whether the man's >dead or not or give the vaguest description of what he's up >to. If a man abandons the people who love him before >death/incarceration/substance abuse/illness/whatever, did he >still exercise privilege? Hell yeah he did. > >But I also don't see the end goal of pontificating all the >different ways Black Men are restricted from exercising >privilege. At the end of the day it is often others - mostly >Black Women and Children, mind you - that are left to pick up >the pieces regardless. I don't think meaningful discourse >involves disparaging the experiences of any one group. > >
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