Raising a Son—With Men on the Fringes: It's up to me to make sure that Jason escapes die dismal statistics, but his future is far from certain

DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS, I am a single mother. It's a title I'm not too fond of, a repeat of my urban family's legacy of strong black women raising a black boy with men on the fringes. My grandmother eventually became a single mother, as did my mother and now me.

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Published in:Newsweek 2004-07, Vol.144 (3), p.12
Main Author: Marks, Robyn
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
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Summary:DESPITE MY BEST EFFORTS, I am a single mother. It's a title I'm not too fond of, a repeat of my urban family's legacy of strong black women raising a black boy with men on the fringes. My grandmother eventually became a single mother, as did my mother and now me.
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X