We are black men. That means we make babies
Subject
Black Culture; Black Lives Matter Movement
Description
They’re known as ‘baby fathers’ – black men who have children with more than one partner. But while some white women lust after them, many black women have had enough. This has been an extraordinary week for Patrick Augustus. His autobiographical novel Baby Fathers has been optioned by the BBC.
Creator
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
Source
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/apr/13/gender.uk1
Publisher
File

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