BLACK MEN VILLAINS OR MARTYRS: WHAT PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS DO ABSENT FATHERS HAVE ON THEIR BLACK SONS?

Due to the heavy references to racism and the Black British experience throughout this study it is questionable the depth in which could be obtained if the research was conducted by a researcher who was disconnected from the issue; specifically topics pertaining to black people or a black experience due to interpersonal integrity as well as racial solidarity making it easier for black participants to feel comfortable and express themselves and experiences in the most authentic way.

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“Man X explains the importance of the father figure and how distinct that role is for a man to fill. Going on to discuss how the father is the blueprint that a young boy has to understanding manhood as well as being the first example and understanding of masculinity. The father is the framework in which a young boy uses to understand himself and then develop into being a man. Without the active father figures young boys, young black boys specifically often have to teach themselves and gain their own understanding of what man hood is without the guidance of understanding positive masculinity. The projective of black men are typically hyper masculine and toxic. Media portrayals in film and music normally present the black man as a violent, thuggish, criminal, abusive and womanisers. The presence of the father is meant to be an example of what to be and in other cases what not to be. The absence of this often is what leading many young black men down the wrong path. They become biproducts of what they see of themselves as black men and their understanding of what it means to be a man from outside sources such as the media which present them negatively.”