It's not always as easy to come by a good black movie. I don't mean nigga flicks. Those movies, produced a dime a dozen and are often set in the impoverished inner city. The acting is bad, the characters are flat & inconsistent, and they focus more on dazzling the audience with onslaughts of violence, Ebonics, and stereotyped behavior. After sitting through what seems like a thousand of these at the request of friends, I wonder, is it really that much easier for people of color to relate to nigga flicks, action, and bad comedy than any other kind of movie? Other times you find that you have slept on a good one because you can't make heads or tails out of what the film is supposed to be about based on the trailer.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Sadly, What a Father is Not
By now the phenomenon of black children growing up in homes headed by single mothers is no secret, especially when socioeconomic standing is considered. Nor is this occurrence merely a maliciously skewed statistic aimed at the detriment of intact African American/black families. There many reasons and causes for the lack of fathers present in the familial home in black community. Subsequently I've noticed there are many children who go into adulthood that claim an adult male they had known at some point in time to have been a father figure; dad. However, I think it is sad that so many black children into adulthood wanting father so eagerly that they are willing to claim damn near anyone who had shown them the least bit of affection or interest as a dad. This is not an criticism of why no dad, but what is a dad?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)