Great read. I've been pondering the phrase "mother fucker" and its etymology. I've heard the phrase explicitly refers to slave owners or slave drivers who impregnated enslaved women to sire-- not sons and daughters--but chattle. It blows my mind that men thought like this, disinheriting their own flesh and blood.
I've been pondering the generational transference of trauma and am now asking how central is this history to current absent father trends.
For what it's worth, I haven't seen the etymology of this phrase published. I've only heard of it's meaning from word of mouth. But published one report does state the phrase first appeared in use in the African American lexicon.
I'm interested in writing about this subject further.
Great read. I've been pondering the phrase "mother fucker" and its etymology. I've heard the phrase explicitly refers to slave owners or slave drivers who impregnated enslaved women to sire-- not sons and daughters--but chattle. It blows my mind that men thought like this, disinheriting their own flesh and blood.
I've been pondering the generational transference of trauma and am now asking how central is this history to current absent father trends.
For what it's worth, I haven't seen the etymology of this phrase published. I've only heard of it's meaning from word of mouth. But published one report does state the phrase first appeared in use in the African American lexicon.
I'm interested in writing about this subject further.
1920s, so maybe it was something that was descended from the ancestors. Maybe it was what black ppl called the slave owners who did such.
The next HOV gonna be more open with their emotions.