If a single sentiment were used to describe today’s relationships between African-American men and women, the computer screen would read, “It’s complicated.” For every general conflict that can arise from connecting with the opposite sex—-career expectations, child-rearing, gender roles and so on—-historical complications, including slavery and present-day racism, can increase life’s tensions and become toxic… Continue reading Raise Up, Man Up Or Shut Up: Brothers, the Choice Is Yours
Tag: Black Families/Black Love
Marriage? We Do. Hall Passes? No Thanks.
Hard at work during the day, dinner with family in the evenings and weekends full of dance classes or outings with the wife and kids. It’s a rhythm that our patriarch, Calvin, has settled into over the last several years. And despite daily challenges that arise from being a stepfather, father and husband, he often… Continue reading Marriage? We Do. Hall Passes? No Thanks.
Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next
He’s a quiet, meditative Baby Boomer who spent his formative years in Sandusky and Cleveland, Ohio. The son of a war veteran and the second-born of six children, Samuel Thomas Irby Jr. was a married father of three when he decided to move across the country and put his refrigeration and air-conditioning skills to use… Continue reading Sam Irby Jr: Parenting, Grandparenting & Generation Next
Men, Marriage & The Sisters, A Dr. Audrey Chapman Q&A
According to a Newsweek article entitled “Sex, Race, Education & the Marriage Gap,” black women are more likely to remain unmarried in comparison to their equally educated white peers, and those with college degrees who do marry usually select spouses from a ‘lower economic tier.’ Only 49 percent of black women marry equally educated spouses versus 84 percent of white women doing the same. We talk with Dr. Audrey B. Chapman about these numbers.