As you may know, I was born in 1972 and throughout my 50 years of living, one of the most pervasive lies that conservatives just love to tell is that Black Fathers are shiftless, lazy, and absent from the lives of their children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I always say, the truth is stranger than fiction for far too many conservatives, particularly those who know that they are lying about Black fathers\u2014but lie anyway because it stirs the racist sentiments that move so many people in their base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s worse is that for the right price, conservatives have always been able to “rent-a-buck,” as they trot out some Black man with little discernable intelligence, no rhythm, and in desperate need of a good haircut and edge, to support the conservative canard of absentee Black Fathers being the main source of societal ills within the Black community\u2014not systemic racism and inter-generational white supremacy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well, Herschel Walker is the rent-a-buck of the hour, a pawn who grins as he gladly puts a black face on old school white patriarchal racism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Back in 2020, Walker, the 2022 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, told Charlie Kirk, conservative leader of the non-profit “Turning Point,” the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cI want to apologize to the African American community, because the fatherless home is a major, major problem,” later adding that he was “like a father” to so many kids in his Georgia hometown.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Translation: \u201cI is sorry for us Colored folk, Cap’n Boss suh<\/strong><\/em>\u2026\u201d \ud83d\ude20<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not to be outdone, in 2021, Walker told “Diamond” and “Silk,” the two quisling queens who delighted the right for their inability to distinguish conservative sh*t from “shinola,” that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“The father leaves in the Black family. He leaves the boys alone so they\u2019ll be raised by their mom. If you have a child with a woman, even if you have to leave that woman \u2014 even if you have to leave that woman \u2014 you don\u2019t leave that child.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n