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A newly released book dispels the myth that Black dads are not involved in actively raising their children. Mythbusters: Lessons from Active Black Fathers tells the stories of exemplary Black fathers who have taken an active role in rearing their children providing support, motivation and love to their offspring and being a part of the village that rears many others.
Author, entrepreneur, and podcaster Marvin Banks was inspired to write Mythbusters because he was all too familiar with the negative connotations and misperceptions held about Black fathers in America and reinforced by media stories. However, that wasn’t the reality for him nor most of the Black fathers he knew.
“Having been a father for more than 15 years raising my own children, I saw men who were taking an active role in parenting, developing and caring for their children in a way that contradicts the narrative that is so often portrayed,” Banks said. “I was literally in the trenches with these men who were present and doing the work on a day-to-day basis to raise, happy, healthy and well-rounded children, but whom you never hear about on the news, or in the office. I decided to write this book to correct the misinformation that exists about Black fathers so that people will know the truth: that Black men really are present in the lives of their children.”
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NEW BOOK “MYTHBUSTERS: LESSONS FROM ACTIVE BLACK FATHERS” CHANGES THE NARRATIVE ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN FATHERS
Author, entrepreneur, and podcaster Marvin Banks was inspired to write Mythbusters because he was all too familiar with the negative connotations and misperceptions held about Black fathers in America and reinforced by media stories. However, that wasn’t the reality for him nor most of the Black fathers he knew.
“Having been a father for more than 15 years raising my own children, I saw men who were taking an active role in parenting, developing and caring for their children in a way that contradicts the narrative that is so often portrayed,” Banks said. “I was literally in the trenches with these men who were present and doing the work on a day-to-day basis to raise, happy, healthy and well-rounded children, but whom you never hear about on the news, or in the office. I decided to write this book to correct the misinformation that exists about Black fathers so that people will know the truth: that Black men really are present in the lives of their children.”
