Film Brings True Facts To Black Fatherless Homes.

Tonight, I hosted the premiere for the film “Father’s Day?” in New York City.  The film is an incredible project created by Squeaky Moore and Ashley Shante.  The movie explores the impact of fatherless homes in the black community and how it affects our thinking as adults. The house was packed and the film was extraordinary, I was honored to be involved.

The film made me think back on my own life, and my first meeting with the sperm donor who created me.  His name is Boyce just like my own, and from all indicators I’ve received, I was lucky he wasn’t around.  I met the two children he raised and both of them seemed to feel that their interactions with him led to serious psychological damage.  In other words, I have almost no respect for my biological  father, and there isn’t much he can do to change that.

The film also led me to reflect on the good side of fatherhood.  When my sperm donor left the scene of his “sexual crime,” another man stepped in and raised me from the age of three.  Throughout my life, I’ve rarely given him proper credit for the tremendous sacrifices he made to get me to adulthood in one piece.   I owe this man my life, for he made me everything that I am today.

Source http://yourblackworld.net/2012/04/black-news/dr-boyce-black-parenthood-must-not-be-wired-for-failure/

A True American Hero, Father Dies To Protect His Son.

A young father died using his body to shield his 8-year-old son from gunfire in Inglewood, Calif. Tuesday. The victim was identified on Thursday as 28-year-old Fredrick Martin.

Lieutenant James Madia of the Inglewood Police told The Huffington Post that they believe the suspects walked up and fired the shots on foot at about 7 p.m., while the father and son were standing in front of their garage.

In response, Martin pushed his son to the ground and, in the process, took gunshot wounds to his abdomen and upper torso. The father was rushed to a local hospital, where he died shortly after.

Regarding the motive of the shooting, Madia said Martin was an "upstanding guy, an employed college graduate. We have no idea why this shooting would have happened. We have been presented no evidence that would suggest that this was gang-related."

Martin's Facebook profile reveals that he studied at Texas Southern University and is married to Amanda Martin. Depicted in the photo above, their one-year anniversary would have been May 12.

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