PSA "64" promo for short film "Father's Day?"

[DarkCelticPrince]

Okay I watched the vid, but just to play devil's advocate, if 64% of black kids in the U.S grow up without fathers, wouldn't that mean that 64% of Black Women have piss poor taste in men? By no means am I giving a pass to piss poor men, but come ladies you choose who you let in your bed so you got to take 50% of the blame. If you know a guy is not working, has other kids that he's not being a dad to, but yet you still have sex & a kid with him and he bolts, why would you be shocked & mad?

[WildNice]

@iStellaRosa No don't read it, im sure you already know no one on earth wants asian men, that's why your over here bitching. No point in being redundant after all. I have a great personality, i don't think I know it all trying to blame BW for all his problems. I just like to keep people in check. Why the fuck are you here? Why does you ass think you have anything to contribute to this discussion? Doesn't sound like you've actually been in ANY kind of relationship.

[WildNice]

@iStellaRosa ROFLMAO! Yeah because everyone wants faggot ass asian men. Please any woman can get a man, but men already have a hard time attracting women. Asian men are at the bottom of the list, no one wants a 2 inch dick, not even other asian men. That's why your gay ass is up in here! You damn sure ain't looking for no little sushi rolls with your bitch ass!

[WildNice]

Both MEN and WOMEN need to take responsibility for themselves and the children they create. Women do take care of their children most of the time though, i mean this video isn't talking about the lack of "mothers". Men absolutely hate it when you try to tell them to have some discipline and not fuck everything alive. Tough shit! Both parties have to control themselves.

[WildNice]

@iStellaRosa I'm college educated, so thank you for showing your RACISM and ignorance by assuming I'm not. Furthermore who the fuck are YOU to even be talking on this issue? You ain't black or your some kind of weird Uncle Tom. So keep all your stupid fucking opinions to yourself. Why not go discuss why your people keep killing girls? You over here worried about what black people are doing, your ass should have been so worried about Yue Yue, asians left that little girl to die in the streets!!!

[deardiaryproduction7]

@ edminjatrel

I would say Slavery...but for different reasons....none the less, women learned to be the head of the house hold then because the Black Males were being sold away.

[edminjatrel]

does anybody know WHEN fathers started becoming absent and the CAUSES?

[NightwingBMV1]

Unless a man rapes a woman and lock her up in a basement for 9 mths, she has complete control over what type of man she talks to and how close he gets to her body. And when she becomes impregnated by that man, she has the final say as to whether that life comes into the world or not. If some of these kids actually knew the truth that they were born as a result of mamma "wilding out" we'd probably see more kids questioning their mothers and their poor judgment.

[coptic777]

60% of black mothers have more than 1 baby's daddy. That speaks volumes on the black women in the U.S. it is clear who is the problem & you black women are way ahead of the other races when it come to multiple baby daddys. Oh also black women are the LEAST LIKELY TO BREAST FEED OUR CHILDREN. Again that speaks volumes on the black woman in america. You all have no buisness talking about black men parental skills w/ facts like that against you!

[screwface1011]

All you little lost Black girls who think it better to be with a caveman than a real human man (Black man) are a disgrace to your ancestors. Just think of your history in this country with the caveman. Then you willingly go to bed or whatever with it, you should be ashamed. When that caveman calls you a "ghetto nigger" (see Hally Berry) and beat the shit outta you and drags your Black ass up and down the street, you deserve it. Being alone with a vibrator is much better. AHSE!!

[screwface1011]

Da fuck outta here!!! Why do we need to broadcast this bullshit like it's something brand new.

If women would stop chasing baby daddies and go after men this wouldn't be an issue. If men would stop chasing lose ass women this wouldn't be an issue.

Listen women: pretty "men" don't care about anything other than themselves. How about you go for a man who has substance and maybe ain't so cute? How about the man with the average build, how may not get to the gym often because he has to work.

[PhinePhive]

@screwface1011 that was deep.

[coptic777]

@MrBladeCrash exactly she does not know what she is talking about brother. Read her comments. It's full of illogical statements & hypocracy.

[NightwingBMV1]

The way you get a deadbeat dad is by screwing a deadbeat. Good men make good dads. A man can have no more children than what a woman allows him to have. Make better choices with whom you procreate with!

[screwface1011]

@NightwingBMV1 Very well said. Some people need to take responsibly for they actions.

[Dmacho78]

I'm tired of all the blame being placed on fathers. What about mothers with kids by more than one man ? How can you put the blame on both men and not her. Maybe she's the problem; she's the common denominator. What about women who aren't even sure who the father of the child is. Most of those women won't dare admit that, so they let their children grow up with painful feelings of rejection. What about women who won't let the father see his children. What about all these trifling women ?

[Mary2020VA]

@MrBladeCrash Everyone is different. Again, I am in a long term monogamous relationship with a wonderful man, w/out sleeping with him. I am not stating that all guys would be willing to wait until marriage, but I found one that is willing (and he's white).

There are so many different types of people in the world. You have a limited perception of relationships.

[Dmacho78]

@Mary2020VA Yay... good for you. You got yourself a white man. Moving up in the world aren't ya ?

[Mary2020VA]

@MrBladeCrash

I never stated that welfare makes one rich, I actually believe that it does the antithesis. My point is, poor women often feel as though the welfare check is more reliable than the guy. Poor women who are able to marry men that make enough money to support a household, have absolutely no use for welfare, because the guy's earnings outweigh the welfare check. This is basic economics.

[Mary2020VA]

@drla10 It's interesting that even married black women experience this phenomenon at very high rates (after the marriage ends), the black ex husband/'father' is often no where to be found.'

[Findpeoplenow1]

It's time to address touch issues. However the number roundup, each one of us have responsibility, and in this case, it van not go any longer without saying. Stop the "Blame Game" - just "Bring it!". The stats are in, we just working with consequences now.

[coptic777]

from a man or the state. Plus next to free housing free food etc. & this is not due to black women? False studies the law backing you free living. Motive & opportunity yet your gonna tell me it's just black men. Nice try cupcake.

[coptic777]

That brings up the seattle times article where weitzman (a feminist of coarse) was busted w/ a false study showing women as victims. To this day even the supreme court relies on this study regarding family law & welfare even though it is known to be false. This film is a joke it takes none of these factors into account from what I can tell. We have condoms, the day after pill (45 bucks) month after pill etc.plus the fact that a woman can get paid if she has a baby...

[coptic777]

Guess what? The entire study was false & Lenore Weitzman even admits it! She also admits that her study helped increase the divorce rate in this country.

Google "myths about divorce" numerous studies come up explaining one of the myths is that men just up & leave the family when in fact the vast majority of family break ups is due to women mostly being just not wanting the husband any longer & the laws support them. Then google "Post-Divorce Wealth Gap Was Wrong, Agrees Author.....

[coptic777]

Around 70% of all divorces are initiated by WOMEN not men. This is because the laws favor women through alimony, child support, welfare etc. A woman named Lenore Weitzman did a study which is the basis for alimony & child support guidelines today. This is where the impression that deadbeat dads are all around talk we hear in the media on the street etc. comes from. The stud said that women were deprived because men were up & leaving living the high & not supporting his children......

[noizefloor]

don't suppose there will ever be a documentary about the mothers who actively keep the father out of the children's lives, huh?

[LAWoman323213]

Where's the documentary aimed at mentally weak women who decide to get pregnant? In most situations a woman shouldn't have sex with a partner who doesn't use a condom, and she also should use a separate form of birth control. There are no excuses! Getting pregnant doesn't just happen, like urinating. I'm tired of hearing "baby mama" sob stories, Respect yourself before bringing a kid into this world. I have yet to meet a truly intelligent person who had a child when they were really young.

[art12mind12]

How unfair is this? It's obviously done by someone who is very bitter. It takes 2 to tango. I think I will make a movie trying to shame these lazy, stupid young Black girls into making better choices in their men, and learning to love themselves before they give themselves away. That's the better film. They can shake their behinds to Lil Wayne calling them bit*#es and hoes, but then it's all boo-hoo when they end up just anther one of his baby-mommas. The time and effort is wholly misplaced.

[LAWoman323213]

@art12mind12 I agree with you! Because ultimately, women are the ones choosing who they allow in their beds. Men and women have to FULLY accept responsibility for bringing a child/children into this world.

[Mary2020VA]

@art12mind12 You do realize that there's a large percentage of black 'married' males who abandon their progeny, after divorce, right?

[ashken79]

Sad.

[Superseadragon]

If they didn't have sex out of wedlock with some con artists, they wouldn't be 64 now would they?

[Mary2020VA]

@Superseadragon I agree, but every black woman also knows, if you decide not to have sex, the chances are very high, that black males won't date you. LOL Truth be told, I've never dated a black guy.

[Superseadragon]

@Mary2020VA I didn't say NOT to have sex; I said not to have it out of wedlock. Condoms and birth control, hello? I think its a copout, but I appreciate your feedback. Truth be told, if we met and you were worth it, I wouldn't pressure you to have sex or avoid you. Why simp, when I know its a matter of time?

[Mary2020VA]

@Mary2020VA I am in a long term monogamous relationship with a great guy. Many non black males (in my experience) are different from black males. The ones that I encounter actually value virgins.

The problem is, too many women are quick to play house without getting monogamy, the wedding ring, and the home. The proof is really in the pudding. Just look at the OOW rates for black women and the poverty that accompanies it (especially in the urban areas)...

[Mary2020VA]

Of course after she becomes pregnant and the problems start to occur, the guy is long gone and on to his next victim. This is why women have to be smarter. They have to view their bodies as temples. Why would you entrust your most sacred possession to a guy who is not even your husband?

Case in point, I was raised to keep my legs closed. As a result, I've never had any pregnancies, std's, or abortions. Again, abstinence (until marriage) is the best way to go.

[honeegrrl]

Just don't have sex if you do, please protect yourself. When I was with my ex I made him strap up every time and I stayed on the pill. Now I'm celibate and that was the best decision I ever made. So glad I don't have kids.

[honeegrrl]

Makes me happy I didn't have kids. I'm so glad I was smart and didn't have kids by some low life man who don't even like me, let alone love me. Life is full of choices. Laying down to have sex is a choice that you must think about. Ask yourself, do I love this person, does this person love me? My ex and I broke up because he didn't love me and if I let him, he would have got me pregnant and left me hanging so thank god I left his ass.

[harveysuperboy]

Keep it up.Blame the blackman for everything. But give a pass to everyone else. This is Bull...t. What about the moms who laydown with every Tom,Dick and Harry. What about the system that keeps blackmen away from their families. What about the women movement that told blackwomen they did not need a man to feel complete. If were gonna speak about stuff speak about it all. Stop putting these image out for the world to see.

[honeegrrl]

@harveysuperboy Well you don't need a man to feel complete, If I felt that way, I would still be with my no good ex. I dumped his ass so fast he didn't know what hit him. I'm so much happier without and I know the right man will come along. I'm at the point in my life where I don't "need" a man, I want a man and there is a difference between wanting and needing.

[Mary2020VA]

@harveysuperboy Let's be honest. The women's movement did not tell black women that they didn't need a man. Truth be told, urban poor black women realized that the men in their lives couldn't support the family adequately. Therefore, those women made a conscious decision to go with the better provider, which was (unfortunately) the welfare system.

[harveysuperboy]

@Mary2020VA With all do respect sister. Our grandmothers Mothers Aunts Cousins,Teachers did follow the womens movement. And yes whitewomen told weakminded sisters that the blackman is the problem when infact it was whitemen and whitewomen,who were the problem and still is. When a BW blame BM you give a pass to those who done the real harm. Don't get me wrong there are piss poor men but to blame BM for every ill is wrong and selfhating.

[Mary2020VA]

@harveysuperboy Let's deal with the facts. If a poor woman is able to marry a guy who makes enough to support the household in a sufficient manner, welfare is not needed. I find it hard to believe that poor women are simply following some feminist agenda. At the end of the day, it really boils down to economics (i.e. the man's ability to provide vs the government check).

Many of these women do not however realize that the surer bet is education and keeping their legs closed.

[harveysuperboy]

@Mary2020VA Before blacks were able to get welfare our familes were still together.Once BW (some) were allowed to get aid, the system said the BM could not be around. If he lost a job or was not hired,He had to make a hard choice.Thats when some of our women begin to buy into that I the one doing it all,and thats when WW started telling BW u didn't need a man in your life to feel whole.Look whats happen to our community.

[TayzApple]

Yay Ilana! I know Ilana :3

[DefiesAllStereotypes]

I don’t think it is coincidence that the amount of African American children growing up without a father (64%) closely mirrors the number of African American children who are born out of wedlock (70+%). If African Americans really want to reduce the number of children in our community who grow up without fathers, then we need to stop having children OOW. Until we have a more honest conversation about why having children OOW became the norm rather than the exception, nothing will change.

[carlyfanjaxfan]

@DefiesAllStereotypes So so true. These numbers are pathetic.

[BrownSunshine30]

Please Youtube Dovetail Not 64

[TetrapakProdzekt]

my father went to work in america so we could have a better life...but seeing your father one week or two in whole year is maybe worst punishment than living without one...i am 25 years old now, and struggling with my own demons and nightmares, its not his fault but it aint mine too...but thats not the only problem in our lives, there are many more...he has a family of his own now, i still live with my mother and i see my father often but i dont need him now, that time is far gone...get healthy

[IconicBellezza]

Because Black-American's won't get their lives straight. It is their damn fault their mothers laid with a sad nigger. They're privileged in ways many Africans are not, yet these dumb Black-Americans don't take advantage of what the do have. It's pathetic. They're ghetto slave descendants and have low IQ's. Why take them seriously? 64% is dramatically higher than blacks here in Europe. Black-Europeans do not like people who act ghetto. Black-American have an ugly culture.

[hotdrumchick]

I was one of that 64%. It was wrong that my mama had to be both to me, but we made it.

[TonyN737]

This is partially the result of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society".

[solidice242]

My father died when I was 8 and though I miss him so I am happy that I at least for those 8 years. Men if you really have to be there for your children they NEED you. If you don't want that responsibility do what you have to do to avoid getting a woman pregnant! Its not about the money it's about the time you spend with your kids...

[ExoticByNature]

I was lucky enough to have a great father and mother. But this video still hurts my soul, beacause I see this on a regular basis and what negative effects it causes.

To the gentlemen that think having a father is not a big deal and grown people should "get over it" or its the woman's fault. YOU should be MAN enough to understand that is your CHILD TOO. You DO NOT have to be in both of their lives just your daughter or son's. Your child should be your 1st priority.

[BlackPDigitalMedia]

fatherhood was destroyed by the gov't in the late 60's early '70's as a way to destroy the community.. the cycle repeats and now the children are not a threat for revolution or social consciousness.. and i'm not seeing no hope for change in my classrooms.. i try on a daily basis, but it's not "cool" or fashionable yet.. they rather go to jail and support that madness than the person following rules and trying to be somebody..

[cassidine612]

Good message....Stop this madness. It needs to change, NOW!

[TheBisexualGuy]

Let me know when this comes out somebody! and I want this on blu-ray. Soemthing needs to be done for the next generations

[wrathofslaves]

I'm sorry but, when the children are politically grown it is too fkn late to cry about being fathered by a unacountable idiot and a loose mother with blind ambition!

With the sloagan "I don't need a man"! The numbers will keep arising!

[melohdrama7]

that lil girl crying made me cry

[Trakenstein]

64 and counting.... What # are you?

[TheTelesha]

i have nothing to say

[Sahbisun]

It's amazing how little views/comments this video got. It's obvious fatherhood is not taken seriously in this country. AMAZING!!!!

Much needed film.

[iWiLLn0tAp0L0giZe]

beautifully captured something really sad.

[Chesskingz]

That's a staggering, and disgraceful number!!!. That's got to change! Shout out to my man Damion Omar Lee. Keep pushin' baby!

[shugavery2001]

well.....

[cu4real]

Wow - from the gut and heart, I am moved.

My tears are flowing.

Very well done - I pray millions see this!

Sad, but beautiful production.

[AYQUEFUNNY]

Ok, now I'm crying! This is powerful!!! -Jesenia Bailey

[floormee]

Very moving! Thank you for posting this!

[sedakawealthsystem]

Wow!!!! Very powerful.