Burton’s and Tucker’s article was very interesting to read. The fact that they attributed the high number of single mothers to uncertainty was something very interesting and new for me. At first, I was a bit skeptical but when I thought about it, it did make sense. If you are unsure of how your life will end up or have no time for a relationship, you’re less likely to invest in one. But, there has to be more reasons than just uncertainty at place here. Wouldn’t uncertainty mainly apply for the older generations of women than the younger? I doubt a teenager is as concerned with uncertainty as someone in her mid-20s is. I do appreciate how Burton and Tucker bring an almost positive light to Black women in this sense. I oftentimes feel that Black women can be easily demonized or negatively discussed in these conversations and Burton and Tucker managed to change that. How do we study the Black family without ignoring the importance of Black women? Is a father necessary for the Black family to thrive or is it merely his income that is important?<\/p>\n
Something else that I have always thought about when reading about the Moynihan report and other studies focusing on them is how heteronormative it is. If we just confine the Black family to being a mother, father, and children, how do we account for the other types of families in the Black community? In another one of my classes, we studied how people think that being in a non-heterosexual relationship is antithetical to having a family. Oftentimes, couples in same sex relationships were considered less of a family than couples in heterosexual relationships. How would race impact this?\u00a0I know that the Black community is portrayed as being more hostile to the LGBTQ+ community, which is not necessarily true or false. But it does make me think about how the perception of what a family is would change based on race and who is in the relationship.\u00a0How do we discuss the Black family without forgetting the different types of Black families that exist?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Burton’s and Tucker’s article was very interesting to read. The fact that they attributed the high number of single mothers to uncertainty was something very interesting and new for me. At first, I was a bit skeptical but when I thought about it, it did make sense. If you are unsure of how your life … Continue reading The Uncertainty in Black Women’s Lives<\/span>