The proud, feisty, and relevant African-American publication that served to give me my writing start.

Her late husband Opal stared the paper from scratch some thirty years ago.

His belief was that Indianapolis was large enough to support two Black newspapers, and he set out with the writing and publishing experience he gained from one, to start this new venture.

She has raised a fine family of sons and daughters who each have taken a turn at working at the family business.

Dr. Tandy does not care much for the 'foolishness' of many modern women. On the subject of male/female relationships, she is blunt when she hears the caustic comments of young women when they are directed at today's young men.

"When a woman puts down a man, she is also putting down another woman-his mother." She said on more than one occasion.

Brothers, lest we forget, our mothers do count 'in the mix' as to how we turn out as men.

Remember, the benchmark for womanhood in the Scriptures is Proverbs 31; a powerful biblical chapter that gives a man the attributes a woman should have in place before he pops the question.

But, I digress.

With Dr. Tandy's comment firmly in mind, I cannot help but to think that the child support/visitation rights issue needs to be visited once again.

Yes, a man has a duty to support the children he has brought into this world, and many of us have done our best to live up to this important responsibility.

However, one of the often un-addressed issues behind the millions of dollars going into the government coffers from fathers (and some mothers) to support children that many of us seldom, or never get to see, has yet to be addressed in a public forum: The way one woman-either overtly, or covertly--puts down another woman who manages to marry a man paying child support.

THE FEMALE BACKLASH OF FEMINISM:

Now, one would think that all women have benefited from feminism. This is not so.

I hate to break it to you, brothers--and some of you sisters who read my column and show it to the men in your lives--but women of color have not 'reaped the intended rewards' from the feminist agenda.

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