Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho

Author:Emmanuel Acho
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Flatiron Books


“Why do you think many African American communities are plagued with poverty, crime, and also the lack of presence of a father figure in the home? Is this all because of oppression?” —Lisa

11.

PICKING UP THE PIECES

The Black Family Struggle

The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn’t have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.

—KERRY WASHINGTON



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