Why do poor black women keep having babies?

I think people are driven to put  their emotional needs before any other.. psychologically they do what makes them feel good in the moment..

Some people who feel they don't have many life options see  having multiple children as a means of social warfare or rebellion against the state. This is not the case for everyone but the rhetoric is there

Too much focus on women as the source of the problem, statistics have shown that women without education tend to have more children

The capitalist system relies on a large, fertile labor force to maintain itself that's why 90% of the worlds growing population are brown but the people who hold the wealth are north/western european and planning their families

They say they want less unplanned pregnancies but chances are if you are poor you are having sex crammed down your throat

That said I think that you cannot neglect the role of individual behavior and mentality in solving the reason why people have unplanned pregnancies.. I mean I too like a lot of people thought it was the result of external forces until I witnessed firsthand the sheer lunacy of choices made by some people to get pregnant.. I mean choices so bad that there is simply no way that either of the two people involved could have convinced themselves the pregnancy was a good idea unless they were simply lying to themselves. I thought I was being judgmental and classist and with support the parents would be motivated to be good parents to their children. But currently, most of them using drugs during their pregnancy or bragging about how they do it around their children.

nycdiva357 wrote: heaux getting them selves pregnant now a days? you tricky magical black womenz you.

babyk94 wrote: I'm so confused.....I thought everyone agreed that you shouldn't have kids if you can't provide for them you don't have to be rich but, the basics should be covered. I know a lot of people on bhm think parents should pay for college so....I'm kinda confused.

Lilnicka4u2nv wrote: babyk94 wrote: I'm so confused.....I thought everyone agreed that you shouldn't have kids if you can't provide for them you don't have to be rich but, the basics should be covered. I know a lot of people on bhm think parents should pay for college so....I'm kinda confused.   I believe this applies to ppl who have the tools and  mental ability to establish themselves, and not everyone has that...So alot of it is misdirected

Ohhhhhh okay I see! thank you and thanked

Edited by babyk94 - Mar 06 2013 at 1:07pm

nitabug wrote: In a society where women are blacks and systematically payed less, this thread is comical...being this is a site for black women.

Where our community has been decimated by mass incarceration, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, unequal education, unequal access to the best medicines and doctors and on and muthaphuckin on.

This thread is sad....