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One consistent topic of conversation within the African American community is the state of our relationships. We see scores of people choosing to get together, but they don't always want to stay together. Many of our children don't have mothers and fathers, but are granted a pile of baby's mamas and baby daddies. Some of the men aren't paying child support, and some of the women aren't making good choices when deciding who to sleep with. What's the problem?
Rather than leaving this as one of the annual topics at the Essence Music Festival, I thought I'd bring in my panel of relationship experts to help us talk through some of this. Given that black relationships are obviously critical to the raising of black children and sustaining the black family, it's important that we discuss these issues.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and a Scholarship in Action Resident of the Institute for Black Public Policy. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.