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why dont black men work with us?
Choo ChooAKA raised a good question here.
I shy away from it though, because it's another generalization. Some brothas do. Many don't. I think it all has to do with upbringing and whether they were exposed to healthy relationships.
The problem is that relationships in the black community between the genders have the same problems that were inherited from slavery. Our men went from not being allowed to have cohesive famly units and bonds, to being in a position where the government punished you for it over a century. Now we are facing a situation where the real barrier to forming these relationships is ourselves.
Our poorer communities, like many poor communities, are deeply dysfunctional. You are more likely than not to have no male figure. And that is something that screws up both genders, and the legacy of which is felt in future generations.
We have to learn to live together.
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It may be said with rough accuracy that there are three stages in the life of a strong people. First, it is a small power, and fights small powers. Then it is a great power, and fights great powers. Then it is a great power, and fights small powers, but pretends that they are great powers, in order to rekindle the ashes of its ancient emotion and vanity.-- G.K. Chesterton
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