Second Class Moms, Girlfriends, and Wives for Some Black Men

This is my take on women and how we are told that our black men and boys should be protected at any cost, even when it comes to their decisions on love….sometimes at our own detriment. We are always asked as black women to share our men.   Share our men with their mothers, their…

Part One: The Black Marriage – Truths about the Role of the Black Woman and Wife

Much of the writings about the challenges of marriage and the role of wife have been single lens studies about White (middle-class) women (e.g., Kingston, 2006; Maushart, 2001), even though they are not always marked as such. I came across a great article that speaks on black marriages. I’m not married, but I belong to…