Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, who long advocated for the legalization of marijuana, indicted on drug and money laundering charges. cnn.it/4dVdmcN

That’s because most men don’t travel. If you see a man traveling it’s either for work or he has a woman with him and she’s planned it. Y’all don’t have real hobbies and aren’t too curious about the world around you. Not to mention, you don’t have the funds to do so.

Black men with multiple Black baby mamas, who aren't building stable families with the women they've impregnated, sitting on panels criticizing other Black men for marrying White women and raising families with them is some of the most ridiculous hypocrisy in our community. You rarely see Black men who are happily married, raising their children, and fulfilling their responsibilities spending their time obsessing over another man's interracial marriage. Yet somehow, we keep platforming men who have fathered children with multiple women, haven't established stable households with them, and still believe they're morally superior to Black men who marry outside their race. Bruh, you're not even marrying the Black women you're getting pregnant! But somehow, you're a better Black man because you don't marry White women? Make that make sense. As a Black father who takes his responsibilities seriously, I find that mentality ridiculous. We need to stop confusing racial loyalty with actual accountability. Getting multiple Black women pregnant doesn't automatically mean you're committed to building strong Black families. And having money, influence, or a podcast doesn't make someone a good example of Black manhood. Meanwhile, some of these same men contribute to unstable family arrangements and then turn around and lecture the community about why Black single mothers struggle to find committed partners. Now, marriage alone doesn't guarantee a healthy household, and unmarried parents can absolutely raise children successfully. But if you're going to preach about strengthening Black families, your own conduct as a father and partner should be open to scrutiny. My issue isn't with Black men having children outside marriage. It's with men who fail to take responsibility for the families they create while publicly judging other men who are building stable households. You don't get to claim moral superiority based on the race of the women you date while refusing to practice the family values you preach. We need more conversations about responsible fatherhood, committed relationships, stable households, and raising children, not endless debates about whether a Black man married a White woman. Black family development should be measured by responsibility, commitment, and outcomes, not racial dating preferences.