>>Sorry, I have to disagree here. NO. OTHER. COMMUNITY has
>75%
>>of their children being born to single parent households,
>less
>>singing odes to it.
>
>Where I stop with the criticism is single parent households.
>This, in of itself, is not where the problem is and perhaps
>this is not for this particular discussion thread.

I completely disagree here. But you're right. It's probably for another thread.
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>>This is solely
>>OUR issue.
>
>I don't agree (based on experience) and we can agree to
>disagree. Is the problem that single parent households are
>bad? If so, I am sure that people can give examples of how
>that is not the case. IMHO the problem is not single
>parenting but the structure that has precipitated more unfit
>parenting, along with lots of irresponsible choices that lead
>to unplanned pregnancies and unstable households (for
>example).

I think you're missing the point many of us (myself included) are trying to make here. And yes, there are hundreds of thousands of examples of single parent households that churned out critically-thinking, productive, and decent human beings. But is that what we should aspire to? Of course not. The problem is not SPHH's in and of themselves, the problem is that it has now become the RULE and NOT the exception in our community which has lead, in my opinion, to many other issues within our community. So to the point you made earlier, the structure is FLAWED, and this song CELEBRATES the flaw in that structure. I cannot clap to that.
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>>The
>>topic of discussion is the song, and why some of us think
>it's
>>disgusting.
>
>Disgusting is a strong word and does much to tear folks down.

I'm oh so clear on how "strong" a word it is. It was used intentionally.
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