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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Independent Women’s Forum has weighed in here:

https://www.iwf.org/2020/09/22/a-blm-vanishing-act-its-webpage-about-disrupting-the-black-nuclear-family-is-gone/[/quote]

Speaking as a white mother/ cohead of traditional dual parent family, I think this is harsh and misreading the challenges that face many black families led by single mothers (whom I have frequently worked with in DC in the past). I would frame it as dealing with reality as it is rather than as disrupting the black nuclear family model.

Many black single mothers have no choice but to support each other as there are extremely high rates of black men being incarcerated. Black fathers are often absent, probably in part,  because their own fathers were absent. There are many efforts within black communities to change that and to encourage  biological black fathers to be more involved with their children and taking leadership roles within society. There is an Episcopal school in SE DC devoted to empowering black boys from disadvantaged circumstances so that they do eventually become positive male role models within both families and communities. My understanding is that the main idea is to disrupt cycles of poverty and male absence from many black families. However that takes time to achieve.

BLM movement addresses wide spread systemic racism. I am sure there was disagreement on some of the wording of their objectives. Some of the banter sounded a bit off but that does not mean the cause is not worthy.

I am grateful that my faith community is trying hard to be anti racist and to be part of healing deep divisions in our society based on superficial differences in skin pigmentations. We all have a role to play in healing race based divisions in our society.

Peace.

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