I don't know, you seem defensive with your comments. I have lived all over the world. The idea for this thread came out a conversation I had with my current girlfriend, who is black. She grew up without a father around, raised by her mother, and those conditions led to a poverty upbringing.This statement is a blanket statement and puts all blacks under the same microscope. As an African (Yes,from Africa), I can confirm that we do not have this issue at the scale it is here in America. We do have a few dead beats, but society shuns them and shames them to the point that they have to step up, as even his own peers do not want to hang around him for fear of being guilty by association. When I came to the United states, I was stunned to see this happen in such great numbers, and I still don't actually think it is a black thing but more of environmental and socioeconomic standing. Society can change it if they take to shaming these people instead of making them popular. I personally find the term baby-mama or baby-daddy quite offensive because of all the negativity that goes with it.
It only seems to be in the black culture or community that a man is casually thought of or tossed aside as a baby daddy, and that is all he is. Or that the "baby momma baby daddy" is even a category.
The black athlete is a different story. Almost everyone that has a background story written about them has a child in their teen years. Others like Evander Holyfield, Calvin Murphy, the Jets Cromarti and dozens of others reproduce like mad. Originally Posted by VitaMan
TLDR; It is not a black thing, it affects all cultures. But it is pronounced more in Black-American culture because less people speak up about it. A kid raised with no father grows up most times not knowing how to be one properly, hence a vicious cycle.
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