Unfortunately, Fathers Day, which will be this Sunday, doesnt get the same attention as Mothers Day, but rather than complaining about that fact, NewsOne Contributor Madison J. Gray writes about what happened to many Black men when he was growing up: But the Dads on our block in the neighborhood weren’t our only Fathers. There were the small businessmen, the coaches, the deliverymen, the policemen and firemen, the bus drivers, the preachers, and yeah even the hustlers and OGs. Not one of these people were perfect; they all made their mistakes and all had their share of life’s drama, which sometimes played out publicly. Still, as we looked up to them, they looked out for us, because in an unspoken way, it was their responsibility to do so. ... But by the time I was a teenager, the experience in my neighborhood had changed: More and more young men were being incarcerated, largely on drug charges. Others were falling victim to lethal violence. Jobs began to disappear. Good long-term manufacturing jobs — the kind that made it easy to be a Father to your own kids and the children of others, which started to erode the next generation of Fathers before those aforementioned values and norms could take hold. Do you agree with Gray? Read the rest here: newsone/3019196/fathers-day-2014/
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:34:33 +0000
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