African American Fathers in America
Hall
Abstract
Society has many different views on African American fathers in America
today. African American fathers all play a very important role in every child’s life,
rather their in the child’s life or not. There are millions of children that are being
raised with out a father, but there are also fathers that will stay and support their child.
Today in society there are more African American fathers not supporting their child,
and this is why the media gives all African American fathers the image of being a
deadbeat. African American fathers has always been viewed by society in a negative
way, but its bad when the African American fathers that are there to support his child,
is viewed by society in the same way. Rather a child’s father is absent or present in his
or her life, could become a impact to the child’s life, in a bad way or either a good
way. Not all children that have their father absent from their life, will become
unsuccessful in life, because there are children that use the absents of a father to
motivate them to be successful. Society is putting the blame on all African American
fathers, for the reasons for high school dropouts, killings, pregnancy, and drug selling
in the black communities and most of these problems are faced by children with
absent fathers.