I welcomed Obama's Father's Day speech chastising the
legions of black absentee fathers, a number, he points out, that has
doubled in a generation.
He's hardly alone in his criticism. Besides Bill Cosby's now famous
crusade Chris Rock, back in 1996, and the late great comedian Robin
Harris even earlier were busy upbraiding the cowardly black men who
don't do the right thing and help raise their children. Citing the
miserably low expectations we have for black men, Obama even mentioned
Rock's rant in his speech (albeit cleaned up a lot). Here's what Rock
said back then (courtesy of the Mother Jones blog)
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