A lot of black women are wondering why black men don't seem to want them anymore. If they want to know who is to blame, all they need to do is look in the mirror. Black women with an attitude problem drive young black men into the arms of women of other races. It's the simple truth, folks. Men and women of all races have always had issues with one another but black women's hatred of the black male is legendary. And it can be seen everywhere. Can you really blame black men for wanting out of relationships with black women?
My name is Steve Randolph and I'm a big and tall, kind of good-looking young black man living in Boston. I recently graduated from Emerson College with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. Currently, I'm working as a corrections officer for the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department. Someday, I wish to join the Massachusetts State Police but first I must work my way up the law enforcement ladder. I'm cool with that. I'm twenty two years old so I've got time.
Like a lot of black male college graduates in the big city, I find myself contemplating the future. When I was growing up, in the future I envisioned, I saw myself living in a big house in the suburbs with an educated, attractive young black woman. We were married, and trying to start a family. That's the way my parents started out, you know. My father Stephen met my mother Andrea while they were both students at UMass-Boston during the early 1980s. After graduation, they moved in together and had me. They're currently living in New Mexico. I respect them for the example they provided me and the great parents they've been to me. My parents are a hard-working Christian couple who worked hard to make it in life. I wanted to meet a young black woman who would be my mate so we could continue this proud tradition. Unfortunately, today's young black women are angry, bitter, rude and downright hostile to all black males. So I turned my back on them.
There is only so much a man can take. As a young black man living in America, the odds are stacked against me. Luckily, I had good parents who provided me with the means of getting a college education and a good foundation for life. Many among my fellow black men weren't so lucky. Scores of us ended up becoming fathers before our time, trapped in bad relationships, or simply imprisoned. Too often black families are models of dysfunction. It doesn't have to be this way. Unfortunately, black women hate black men more than the Klan or the racial profiling police ever could. Nothing hates a black man more than a black woman. Trust me on that one.
That's why I turned my back on them. During my last semester at Emerson College, I met a young woman who simply enchanted me. Her name was Lorelei Bridges. She was tall, busty and big-bottomed, with a voluptuous body. And white! Her hair was red, her eyes were light brown and her skin was bone-white. Not what I imagined my type to be but what did I know? We had the same honors criminology class. The gal was something else. Smart, witty and definitely easy on the eyes. We became friends, and were soon hanging out together all over campus. I found myself charmed by this beautiful young woman from the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. She was unlike anyone I'd ever met before.
Lorelei was raised by two gay men, Gary Bridges and his partner, Beau Cantwell, in the town of Plymouth. She was the only gal in that household. And her family was definitely unique. Gay men and lesbians raising families in urban America have it tough, folks. Many people hate them simply for being who they are. Lorelei understood this implicitly. This gave her a unique way of looking at the world. She was quite sensitive to the plight of those who are different. And she wasn't an airhead like most of the gals I had seen on the college campus. Lorelei believed in various causes, and she was actively fighting for them. We banded together along with some of our friends to fight the good fight. Thus we began to register people to vote democratically this exciting election year. We couldn't afford another Republican in the White House. Not after the mess the Texan sociopath and his buddies made. Like me, Lorelei supported a certain African-American gentleman from the state of Illinois who was destined to take the political world by storm.