Comments on: The Dangers of the Black woman in the Feminist Movement.

By: TylerTheCreator

TylerTheCreator — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 20:38:40 +0000

We as black men need to wonder why they rebel in the first place.
Its due to inadequacy and weakness in a number of things,
the same way as white-women/white men.

Stop making everything a government conspiracy.
There is such thing as “Free Will”

If people were that weak-minded from the 80’s until now
we are beyond doomed. lol

By: DW

DW — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:34:55 +0000

I rarely make a comment but i have to join this discussion.
It seems like the article and the comment by Aim is in agreement. Though the comment by Z. Jones is less positive. In some ways, the Black woman is living without the Black man in the home. However, the Black male will seek/need guidance from some male sometime in his life. The woman can give some guidance but we can’t change completely how God set-up things for the man and woman in the home to raise the family.
We may need to go back and study African society and how the home was set-up. From my recent readings, some African societies had patrilineal systems and some matrilineal. So what does that really mean to us today. Does it carry a negative connotation that means the man controls everything or the woman controls everything? What does most societies around the world do? We can study those societies too.
I personally think that as long as we live apart and as you may say, the Black woman is doing alright. Then why would she want the input of the Black man in the home. It may be harder for her to listen to the advice of a man if she did not grow-up that way. But if our children can see a Black man and Black woman living together and growing together, it will be easier for them to do it themselves. When or if they get married and run into marriage issues, they can call mom and dad who raised them. These days, the daughter can see the mother as a strong Black woman who raised the family without a father. The son will see that too but will not see the father as a strong Black man sticking around to raise his family. So the son may think my family doesn’t need me to stay. The Black woman may think the same thing. I don’t need him to stay and the cycle continues.
In conclusion, it would take both Black men and Black women to see that the home needs both parents and for us to come up with ways to build a healthy home together. Black women may need to give-up some control of the home to her husband. The Black man needs to believe that he belongs in the home as much as the woman to raise a good family.

By: Z. Jones

Z. Jones — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:38:25 +0000

@Aim Hi, Queen thanks for reading and commenting on the article, i appreciate your thoughts!

When i say a Woman needs a man i say that in regards that Men need women also. in a social construct of duality. for us to both coexist as a whole separately, before we form as a whole united. Imagine a society Period without women, now imagine one without men….doesn’t really function well. Of course women can survive and thrive without men. We are dominating the education system and the workforce. Not only are we being hired more than black men, earning degrees more than black men, owning property, a nice chunk of us earning more money, and of course raising children by ourselves. So who is saying we cant exist independently? because we already are! And I’m only saying we dont have to…although We’ve been doing it for a long time now…but why do anything singlehandedly? especially in regards of the home? Statistically speaking the black woman’s home is far more broken than our white counterparts for many reasons and we are Leading in birth rates but fall far below in marriage rates. When you say “women are pushing for feminism in the first place” are you pushing against the white male patriarchal system because we’ve out done ourselves in regards to the black man. and even then you still have two fights which are racism and sexism, and racism affects you just as hard than the sexism of all the things you claim we cant do or are fighting against in 2017.

Not to mention this patriarch you speak of is a western system rooted from European values. Practically the whole continent of Africa stemmed from matrilineal systems even native Americans prior to European colonization.

i say all of this to say that it appears that we’ve come to a place of competition between not just men and women but black men and black women, we are NOT each other’s enemy. and that we work better together than apart. 🙂

By: Aim

Aim — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 19:21:05 +0000

“The dangers of black women in the feminist movement are not only accepting the separation of black men. But has purposefully rejected the black male presence in many forms. Such as the household, another financial support system, even for procreation; famously known as “I don’t need a man” syndrome. In all actuality, YOU DO and outside of pretending you don’t need one…naturally, you want one.
The feminist movement is working against the black woman’s favor, because as they preach the useless presence of the male; white feminist go back to their husbands and their whole homes while yours remain broken.”

This mentality is why women are pushing for feminism in the first place. To say that as a woman, you NEED a man, is to further trap us in a patriarchal society, and not allow us to exist independently from men. Then to assume that a home is “broken” because there is no male presence…is again, reestablishing a dependency that has kept us trapped.
An issue with feminism, or anything associated within that framework, is that women limit each other. We’re trying to establish our positions in relation to men, but there seems to be a blind spot when it comes to relationships with each other and with ourselves.