Add to ORKGI explore the myth of Black father absence and its deleterious effects, by critically reflecting on attachment theory, gendered racism, and the idea of family breakdown. This myth makes sense within a culture that emphasises the exclusive importance of biological mothers and fathers. Building on intersectionality theory, multidimensionality theorists argue that Black men are also discriminated against by virtue of being Black and male. Gendered racism therefore pathologises Black men, Black women, and the Black family as a whole. In particular, as part of the "family breakdown" narrative, "single Black mothers" whose children "do not have a father present in their lives", are a problem to be resolved and a set of problems waiting to happen....
The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of occupational opportunity, ...
African American women experience father absence, at disproportionate rates. However, they are rarel...
This qualitative study focused on how nonresident African American fathers maintain their role as fa...
Common stereotypes portray black fathers as being largely absent from their families. Yet while blac...
This study explores the social complexity of the experience of growing up with an absent father. Th...
In-depth interviews of African-American nonresidential fathers were used to explore their perception...
The term “Deadbeat Dad” is often associated with Black fathers, suggesting they have relinquished th...
The literature reviewed in this conceptual paper identified some of the causes that lead to absentee...
Over the last few decades increasing rates of single mother households in the United States have tri...
A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA Masters ...
Since the Black family in modernity is often figured outside of and often in juxtaposition to the in...
The idea that lower-class black families are either deviant or variant forms of the accepted norm de...
Abstract Many believe that fatherlessness is primarily a racial issue. This study recognizes that al...
The present study intends to explore the psychological implications on the university students who g...
While there is an enormous range of psychological and social research into fathering, and some consi...
The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of occupational opportunity, ...
African American women experience father absence, at disproportionate rates. However, they are rarel...
This qualitative study focused on how nonresident African American fathers maintain their role as fa...
Common stereotypes portray black fathers as being largely absent from their families. Yet while blac...
This study explores the social complexity of the experience of growing up with an absent father. Th...
In-depth interviews of African-American nonresidential fathers were used to explore their perception...
The term “Deadbeat Dad” is often associated with Black fathers, suggesting they have relinquished th...
The literature reviewed in this conceptual paper identified some of the causes that lead to absentee...
Over the last few decades increasing rates of single mother households in the United States have tri...
A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of BA Masters ...
Since the Black family in modernity is often figured outside of and often in juxtaposition to the in...
The idea that lower-class black families are either deviant or variant forms of the accepted norm de...
Abstract Many believe that fatherlessness is primarily a racial issue. This study recognizes that al...
The present study intends to explore the psychological implications on the university students who g...
While there is an enormous range of psychological and social research into fathering, and some consi...
The problems among young black males stem from many areas such as lack of occupational opportunity, ...
African American women experience father absence, at disproportionate rates. However, they are rarel...
This qualitative study focused on how nonresident African American fathers maintain their role as fa...
