Throughout history and across culture - men who considered themselves great were often known to keep more than one woman. Even David and Solomon were said to possess Concubines.
Every culture, race and continent has, at one time, condoned a man's right to possess many women.
Yeah, I know this is about Tiger Woods and maybe a few other successful black men (Lil Wayne comes to mind) who have been media lynched this year over their private lives, which has nothing to do with their career and is really no one's damn business.
As Chris Rock said once, "A man is only as faithful as his options."
And historically, you are correct about concubines.
Ain't nothing changed or ever will except the words; decades ago they'd be "the mistress" or "the chick on the side", and now they're called jump offs.
Concerning to whom the fault of oppression belongs; "We are not all equally guilty but we are all equally responsible" - Rabbi Abraham Hescel
Concerning blaming others for the problem; "...And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?... - Matthew: 7 1-5
Concerning how to fix the problems concerning oppression; "Someone once said that the word 'motivation' should never be used in the singular. Some combination of motives always exist and it's impossible for anyone to qualify the proportion of each that is involved in any given act" - Warren Buffet (in an interview in the USA Today)
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Yeah, I know this is about Tiger Woods and maybe a few other successful black men (Lil Wayne comes to mind) who have been media lynched this year over their private lives, which has nothing to do with their career and is really no one's damn business.
As Chris Rock said once, "A man is only as faithful as his options."
And historically, you are correct about concubines.
Ain't nothing changed or ever will except the words; decades ago they'd be "the mistress" or "the chick on the side", and now they're called jump offs.
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