Do you want to know a “joke” that I've never found funny? It's when somebody mentions Black dads, and the punchline is that they'll be back soon. They just stepped out to get some milk.
If you read between the lines, they're implying that we (yes, we, since I'm a Black dad) have a tendency to walk out on our children, which I find to be one of the uglier stereotypes facing the Black community. I feel this way because one, I think many of us are far better dads than other people out there, and two, it's ignoring the societal disadvantages that Black people have endured throughout the years that has created possible parenting issues in the first place.
