Do Black Athletes have Fathers????

Note: I ain’t married. I don’t have any daughters. A woman gave birth to me. I don't hate women. I don't hate single mothers. I don't hate women who have to go it alone because some man was too much of a bitch to stick around and raise his own damn kids. This post ain’t about any of that shit.

 It's about the white media's obsession with perpetuating a stereotype of Black men as absentee fathers. If you can't draw the distinction between the two, please close the motherfuckin browser right now because this is post ain’t for your ass!! Here I go………Tuesday, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant accepted the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award and gave an over-the-top emotional speech about his mother. You probably have already seen it. If not, it was some touching shit! Had me in tears… I think any human being with a soul would concur.

 So was the poorly disguised Cadillac ad/tribute by NFL QB prospect Teddy Bridgewater to his single mom. And yeah, who can forget Lebron James tribute to his mom a couple of years ago? And of course, we spent the entire damn March Madness listening to the story of Shabazz Napier's mother, and seeing the camera cut to her every 4 motherfuckin seconds. Showing Napier and showing his Mom happened so much during UConn's run to the national title that it damn near bordered on some creepy type shit. And it made me wonder: What exactly is the white media's fascination with showing Black athletes raised by single mothers? Is there some ulterior motive at play here? Hum, you say? That level of adulation/obsession ain’t ever shown when Black athletes have two parents, and it's damn near never given to white athletes, unless they happen to be the parents of a family of players like them lazy Zeller brothers. What the hell is up with that? Is the whole "Momma we made it!" angle just a trick, or a slick ass journalistic shortcut? Or is there something more devious at play here? Hum, again? 

When 56% of Black kids (which ain’t an ideal number) are being raised in households with two parents (married or otherwise) it's hard for me to believe they can't find more examples of kids whose fathers were actively involved in their lives. Here's where the shit really gets tricky: I can't help but notice a serious double standard in all of these stories. Many of the women in these stories had other children by other men that they never married. These women are hailed as saints who helped their children beat the odds and achieve their dreams, even if in some cases those women weren't always present and had their own issues. It's hard for me to find any scenario in which a man who made poor judgment calls and had a shit load of kids by women he didn't commit to would be heralded in an equally favorable light. I've never, ever seen that. What about you?? What about that shit????????????????