African American Single Motherhood

There are many open wounds in the African-American community that have not healed what so ever. Disintegration of family structures in the African-American community has been a persistent problem for far too long. High out of wedlock birth rates, absent fathers, and the lack of a family support network for many young African-Americans have led to serious problems in America's urban areas. The persistence of serious social problems in inner-city areas has led to a tragic perpetuation of racial prejudice as well. African Americans still face a litany of problems in the 21st century today.

Many people are aware of the struggles that African American women has endured for some time now. African American women has faced similar struggles compared to Caucasian women; however they struggles are totally different. For example, in the past no women could vote or voice her opinion. Society depicted women to be maids and baby makers. Society also created a standard for women that basically said white women are of higher quality than black women.

EFFECTS OF FATHERLESSNESS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES: The effects of an absent father on the black community is critical to understand the current state of Black America, the growth of a community, the incarceration rates, dropout rates of black children, poverty rates, etc. In the beginning, when a child is born, they don’t get the ability to choose who their parents are; children are simply born to two parents. This is the beginning of their lives, birth. Learning where the chain effect begins is how we understand the systematic oppression facing the community now.

American society had already made Black fathers been not being attached to their children because anytime they could be sold off or even killed. This started the whole situation of Black fathers getting the stigma that they cannot protect their families or being able to raise their children. Black fathers in slavery did what they could do during that time, but as time moved forward American society continued to want to keep that separation in the Black families.

Interview Questions for African American Families Please find a person of African American descent to interview. The person needs to at least 21 years of age. Please inform the person that this interview is for an assignment in class (educational purposes only) and the information provided will remain confidential. Please try to obtain more than “sound bites” yes/no answers. Asked follow up questions if the interviewee’s answers are too brief (ex: Can you please provide an example or elaborate, tell me more etc..).

African American teen fathers have other responsibilities that may affect their ability to care for their child or children financially. For example, school, sports, and maybe the responsibility of caring for other siblings could affect time and ability to care for their child or children financially. A study conducted by Lerman (2010), found that young, minority, and poorly educated teen fathers in fragile families have little capacity to support their children financially and are hard-pressed to maintain stability in raising those children. In this study Lerman explored the capabilities and contribution of fathers and how that changes as the child get older. Lerman (2010) found, “ employment levels, and employment growth is that 40 percent of fathers, nonresident fathers are teen fathers, compared with only about 16 percent of cohabiting fathers and 0.1 percent of married fathers.

In a 2010 study that measured gender role belief in nearly 400 African American women, it was noted that the traditional gender role that is ascribed to white American women may not be relevant for African American women (Nguyen, et al., 2010). The cultural experience of African Americans in the United States from slavery to the civil rights era has an impact on their gender role views. The economic, political and social history of African Americans in the United States contribute to gender roles that are not clearly defined between male and female as African Americans men and women were made to perform in both gender roles at times.

For racialized single mothers, not only are they face with insufficient financial support from Ontario Works; they must also deal with the racism, and unequal treatment of women within our society. It is no surprise that, “racialized women are more likely to work at minimum wage jobs and are over represented in them” (Block, 2013). In addition, racialized single mothers struggle to get recognized for their ‘race’ and the poor condition they find themselves, which is mostly because of their racial identity. Even in times when racialized single mothers are more than capable of being independent economically, they are still more disadvantaged than non-racialized single

In 2011, the poverty rate for blacks was 27.6% compared to 9.8% of blacks. The percent of young women who will marry has decreased 22% for black women versus 3% for white women over the course of 50 years. This is partially due to the pool of marriageable men. The percent of extramarital births has risen 34% for black mothers and 22% for white mothers over 40 years, influenced

A single parent have to take all the responsibility to raise children. They have to work hard in order to get enough money for the whole family. It is truly stressful for these families. The kind of family type is unstable as a result of divorce of coupled parents and the death of parents. The women who get pregnant by accident can also become single parents.

In most of the reading up till now, in our course on African Literature, we have read poems, novels and stories written by men. For example, the Sub-Saharan Africa’s Literary History in a Nutshell, by A.S. Gerad only mentions scholarly articles, novels and stories by men. Which leads one to believe, that according to A.S Gerad only male authors have cultivated African Literature. This belief exemplifies the dominance of men in African Society.

Organizations can implement the solution of single parent adoption, by taking into consideration that any married couple that adopted a child, could get a divorce at any moment. And we also have to consider that any single individual can get married eventually. 2. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway (2011), studies and statistics have revealed that adopted children raised up by single individuals experience results that are as good as those for children adopted by couples. B. Agencies and organization started adopting this new solution and excepting more and more the fact that single parent are capable of adopting children as any other couple.

Fiyinfoluwa Olufemi Professor McCaffrey ENG 1102 09 February 2016 Annotated Bibliography: Are adult children of divorce more likely unable to form an intimate relationship? Clarke-Stewart, Alison, and Cornelia Brentano. Divorce: Causes and Consequences. N.p.:

This definition applies to both heterosexual and same gender relationships. It is important to recognize, however, that the study of adolescent romance entails more than examining the characteristics of specific dyadic relationships. (Furman and Collins, 2007). It has been established that romantic relationships are more common during adolescence than people normally assume. For example, more than half of U.S. adolescents report having had a special romantic relationship in the past 18 months (Carver, Joyner, and Udry, 2003).

It can be inferred that when a single parent takes on a child, they think of any given situation that life might throw their way and prepare and plan for the worst so the kid does not end up back in Foster Care. an article even states “What prospective single parents do need, however, is a lot of self-reflection. Because it’s hard to raise a child alone, prospective parents should take stock of several key issues, including finances, lifestyle and support. Ms. Hochman offers these questions to consider, especially for singles, before plunging into the adoption process” (Adoption and the single guy, Lisa Beach). This evidence shows that when adopting singles are questioned and checked to make sure they are fit to care for a child.