"Why do we think that if all of our men weren't in jail, on drugs, etc, we will finally overcome?"

black males who are in jail,on drugs, etc. are not in control. how can a person who is not in control define his/her destiny?? when a large part of the community cannot define its destiny the community as a whole suffers, regardless of how hard the other half tries to compensate. "This also implies that the strength of the Black woman who has carried us and still is carrying us thus far was merely an accident or soley a result of oppression rather than the manifestation of her strength and force as a human being. The logic that demeans and undermines a woman's ability to raise a man is filled with the ideologies of the white male ruling class."
many black communities are like a track star trying to run with one leg and you seem to be saying that because some people want two legs that we are demeaning the contributions of the one leg we already have. garbage! "Because we know this to be true why don't we find ways to encourage Black women to raise Black men into whole persons? Whether we like it or not Black women will continue to be the ones raising our boys." instead of getting both legs together and running this race right you suggest we should redifine "running" what the hell!!! "Because we know this to be true why don't we find ways to encourage Black women to raise Black men into whole persons? Whether we like it or not Black women will continue to be the ones raising our boys."
this is a defeatist attitude and supports racsist ideology more than anything else.