Let's Do Away with the Black Man by Using his Woman
by C.R. Hamilton

Besides murdering, lynching, imprisoning, and disenfranchising Black men in America, another way to eliminate the Black man is to elevate his woman over him. If a Black man is discrete enough not to get murdered, strong enough not to be lynched, honest enough not to get jailed, and educated enough to get and keep a job, then the only other way to damage him is to teach his women not to respect him, to take his children and to support her own self.

Maybe Black men have brought much of this co-gender disrespect on their own selves by leaving behind families and by proclaiming Black women as bitches in music videos. And maybe Black men have come to the point where they just don't care anymore, but that is highly unlikely because many Black men have hopes and dreams from their teen years. The challenge begins with surviving through those teen years with a positive attitude and heading in a positive direction.

One most curious consideration in the achievements of the Black man, say, after he completes high school, would be how many real opportunities are out there for him to decide among. First, college of course, is always an option and the military is another. Or he could enter blindly into the work force on a job promising a future (which is most unlikely these days). And unless he has talent enough to rap, sing, dance, or play basketball then there are only two real opportunities, college or the military.

On the other hand, the Black woman has an added opportunity that Black men don't have. Besides college and the military, they have a better chance at landing a job in the corporate world than a Black man does. Let's face this fact first off. Without any recorded data or statistics, see for yourself when you walk into any large place of business. There are more Black women than men in positions that matter and that promise any future.

This could be seen as society's (mainly the government) attempt to supplement the Black woman's life because of this lack of or non-support of the Black man. Numerous studies show that the single-Black female family is almost higher than any family statistic in U.S. history. More Black children are born illegitimately to Black women than any other race in America. Some attribute this to welfare dependency and others attribute it to the lack of Black male responsibility.

Depending on what side of the American spectrum one resides the reason is different. White conservative blame welfare, white liberals blame lack of government funding, Black conservatives blame irresponsible Black men, and Black liberals blame lack of government funding. Thus, mainstream society has all these reasons Black women must be elevated in society with a little extra help.

The consequence of this elevation of Black women is the neutrality of the Black man, once again disguised. One could quickly disagree and say that Black men have the same opportunities as everyone else but how ridiculous does that statement really sound. Black men now not only complete with whitey, but he competes with the Asian, the Arab, the Hispanic and now the Black women, which makes his plight four times as hard. This same statement could actually be ascribed to a man of any decent, but Black men are a unique case simply because he is Black.

Now, when Black women become more successful than Black men, this causes the "Black man afraid of the successful Black woman" syndrome, and the "I cain't find a good Black man" epidemic. When these two crises become exhausted - as they are reaching a point - the next phase is the "Black man and white woman" stage, and the "Black woman white man" stage.

The Black man goes to the white woman because she invites the Black man and because Black women have become too high maintenance. Black women go to white men because white men have been incorporated into her life more than Black men and because Black men are becoming extinct. Or, Black women simple resort to the "share program." (The share program is when a woman (or man) will agree to share an intimate relationship or commitment with one who has another significant other or spouse. Mainly used by Black women, the concept derived from the rumor that there are not enough good Black men around today. So in a slump of hasty desperation, a woman agrees to be with a man even though he has someone else. How popular is this program?)

Nevertheless, Black men have another obstacle to overcome now. Not that they did not have a hand in creating this obstacle, but the psychological outcome of this obstacle is one that assist greatly in the attempt to eliminate the Black man.