[2ndDivisionVet]

The Civil War/War Between The States ended almost exactly 150 years ago. Time to start taking some responsibility for one's own actions?

[Clint N. Suhks]

in the midst of a racially biased country

What garbage! This is the most diverse country on earth. Stop living in the past! Even if it were true Ovomit did more to make it that way than the KKK.

[Mr Rogers]

“Perhaps two of the most emphasized of these roles are the protector and the provider. “

No, in modern America, the main role is “Baby Daddy”. Hat’s off to the black men I know who DO take fatherhood seriously - and there are a number. But in popular culture? Sorry...

[onedoug]

Another load of crap.

[TheConservativeParty]

Protector and provider?

How about Sperm Donor and Booty Caller.

[ZULU]

Bull $**t.

[Steve_Seattle]

"How can one be a provider for his partner and family when he is suddenly placed in a position where it has become difficult to even protect himself?"

Protect from whom? Mostly other black men.

[PAR35]

Black men are typically given a traditional set of roles they are expected to take on in a relationship. Perhaps two of the most emphasized of these roles are the protector and the provider.

Is this from National Lampoon or Mad Magazine?

[ChicagahAl]

Black men are typically given a traditional set of roles...

Let's see...

Gangsta

Playa

Aspiring Rapper

B-Baller

Dealer

Thug

Baby Daddy

Inmate

Vote Fraudster

Protester

I may have missed a few. But I think that covers most of them.

[papertyger]

How can he hold onto his aspirations of being a provider for his family when racially biased hiring practices and a corrupt justice system are leaving Black men even further disadvantaged economically?

Damn it, he caught a case of jail!

[I want the USA back]

Blaming Whitey allows them to continue in their self-inflicted pathologies.

[the_daug]

Black Women marry yourself a White man

[RichInOC]

It’s true all across the human race:

When Mama ain’t happy...ain’t nobody happy.

[Rodamala]

Support your man. Buy them a belt that actually works.

[Chode]

protector and the provider i stopped reading right there...

[Feckless]

The maximum effective range of an excuse is zero meters....

[KosmicKitty]

[Pollster1]

“Black men, however, are increasingly facing the harsh realities of mass-incarceration and the sky-high unemployment rates that have disallowed them access to the typical ‘masculine’ roles — leaving then vulnerable and confused.”

I wish there was something these men could do to avoid incarceration and unemployment. My strategy was working hard and not committing crimes, but I'm not sure whether that would work for other people.