Something new: twenty first century perspective

Reading blogs on the internet gives me insight into alternative perspectives held by folks out there.  Upon reading many different bloggers, I quickly found out that there are a lot folks in blogosphere who I agree and disagree with. What's most intriguing for me is reading blogs written by women, particularly African American women. They are not all monolithic, there are a wide variety of views shared by Black women on the internet.  Yet, with many of these African American female bloggers, there are a few central themes that ring true for most of them.  One of these central themes is an overall frustration with African American men.  Most of these women refuse to make excuses for African American men. They are not going to play the role their mothers and grandmothers played, according to many of them.

For the most part, I understand where they're coming from.  We all know the vast majority of black children are born out of wedlock (although black men are not totally responsible for this statistic), which is embarrassing for both black men and women in this country.  You combine that with high murder and incarceration rates for young black men, plus black men marrying outside of their race more than black women by 2:1 and well you get the point.

With all this frustration, a very new psychological perspective has emerged from African American Female bloggers, maybe African American women in general.  One that seeks separation from African American men all together. 

Now, before the fellas get upset, let's think about it from their perspective.  Imagine this scenario, If Black women married outside of their race more than Black men by 2:1, were less educated overall and more likely to be involved in the judicial system, how "loyal" do you think Black American men be to them (in general)?  I may not agree with their perspective 100%, but I have to admit it's not an unreasonable conclusion to come to.

My lone reservation with this new psychological perspective is it seems to lump all African American men together.  The statistics (the number of black men in college compared to the number of black women in college, for instance) are bad, but they don't tell the whole story. There are many African American men who take themselves and their families very seriously. Although, many of these women claim to know this fact, judging from their writings, I doubt their sincerity. 

Whether you agree with them or not, you have to respect this new perspective.  It will definitely bring about change within the so called black community.

I have a few questions for my folks out there, what will be the Black American man's twenty-first century psychological perspective?  What guidelines/principles do you use in your life?  Is there any hope for changing the psychological perspective of lower class / uneducated Black American men?  In general, is the relationship between Black American men and women repairable?  Let me know what you think.