OPINION:
It would be wonderful news —and our society would be so much more peaceful—if what Terris Todd wrote in “Black fathers matter” (Web, Dec. 20) were true and verifiable. Writes Mr. Todd: “Society has painted Black fathers with a broad brush … as unresponsive to our children’s needs.” He cites statistics ahowing that in 1990 3.4 million Black families were headed by single mothers, and that number grew to 4.25 million in 2020. Then he writes that “Countless [Black] fathers have returned to once fatherless homes,” but he cites no data to support this.
On the contrary: Births to single Black mothers have not declined. Nor has the astronomical number of abortions performed on Black women. The Democrats are still shoveling money at Planned Parenthood, the continuing policies of which over the past century have wreaked havoc on the Black nuclear family.
So how is it that Black fathers are returning home? I do hope it is true but unfortunately I see no evidence for Mr. Todd’s optimism.
JOHN NAUGHTON
Silver Spring, Md.
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