No denying that what you say, IFE, is true but another point is, of the Black men NOT locked away, there is still a significant number unemployed or employed and underpaid. Which, in and of itself, is not a new phenomenon. Why is it that Black women in America have ALWAYS found the need to work outside the home--the majority of them, anyway? Is it because Black women just like working outside the home because they want to be independent or thumb their noses up to the Black man? Personally, I don't believe so. It's been out of need rather than greed or just wanting to be the "head" of the family, in my opinion. So I reject what was stated earlier that it's due to feminist thinking. I know Black men with PhDs that are unemployed and told that they are over-qualified when they apply for certain positions; and those that apply for blue-collar work and told they are unqualified. How can a Black man take care of his family under those circumstances and how does it make him feel? People got to eat and if I'm the woman in a situation like that, m going to find way and a job to keep the family afloat.