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Mama, Don’t Be So Mean: A Look at Black Parenting Today

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By Eisa Ulen
Yesterday, as I walked with my husband and son to the park, I heard a sister from across the busy Brooklyn street. “Come on!” she yelled and flipped her ponytail. “Sh**!” Two things I knew before even looking her way: 1) This sister was a sister. 2) She was cursing her own child. I looked her way, and in one glance confirmed both assumptions were correct.