Slander against Black fathers is as old as our country

Last week I had lunch with an old friend. He is a Black Republican and a popular commentator, which means we have spent 20 years disagreeing in public and liking each other in private. He would be welcome in any barbershop in America. He keeps it real in the way men in any true community require of one another. We talked about our kids. That was most of the lunch. Nothing about that would surprise any Black man reading this. Nothing about it would surprise most Black people. …