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Why Don’t We Hear Anyone Telling Black Men to “Stay For The Kids”?

Black Culture Colonized and Bassackwards

Mocha Moma
6 min readMar 30, 2021

I always see Black women being told to “stay for the kids” but I don’t hear anyone telling Black men don’t cheat, don’t abuse, don’t do drugs for the kids.

Why is that?

Before you raise your hand to beat on that woman, think about the kids.
Before you go sticking your penis in another woman’s vagina and humiliating YOUR family, think about the kids.
Before you go trying drugs, think about the kids.
Before you go taking money from your household to give your side chick, think about the kids.
Before you take money to support your drug habit, think about the kids.
Before you leave your woman financially struggling, think about the kids.

Allow me to share a few replies to my question above.

“Because no one should have to be told these things if they are parents and/or a spouse”.

This response completely dismisses the issues at hand in the Black Community. Of course, it came from a Black Man. But let's roll with it. If this is the case and nobody should have to be told this, then nobody should be telling, forcing, or shaming women to stay AFTER a man has put her in a position to have to make a decision to leave. If Black…

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Mocha Moma
Mocha Moma

Written by Mocha Moma

Award-winning poet. Author of Soul Not For Sale-The Poetic Publication. The Love Poet speaking out against Unhealthy Culture and its generational damage.

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