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Originally posted by Angel11E01
Now that I think about it, the breakdown in the nuclear black family unit happened 400 years ago. Our men were emasculated and taken away from their 'families', and our women were relegated to being the consummate mammy/whore. Do you think that this mindset still filters down through our current generation (if only subconsciously)?
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I know some of yall my kick me out of GC,
but as crazy as some of the mess that was posted by that one Alpha (I can't think of his name but it was PH-something), he did post some information concerning the 60s/70s feminist movement and its effects on the black family that I that I TOTALLY agreed with.
I say that because I think this was during a time period of not only when our families were beginning to fall apart but also our sense of "it takes a village to raise a child" mentality as well. I'm sure we all can remember growing (regardless if you lived in the South or the North/small town or large city) of the whole neighborhood watching out for you (and telling your momma too). Even if your parents weren't together, there were other adults that you could look to in the community.
That's not the case anymore.