A Literature Review Birth Control And The Black Community In The 1960s (Essay Sample)

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Name Date Birth_Control_and_the_Black_Community_in_the_1960s The author talks of the struggle that came about during the 1960s, to enforce the use of contraceptives among the black people. The author intends to educate on the importance of using contraceptives, which is the use of birth control, and at the same time point out the power struggles between the black and the whites. The author’s main thesis is to remind the readers that women are stronger than they think and that we can all be what we want if we fight for it. The author challenges the readers not to see any change as an adverse development. Even though the white were racists and promoted genocide, it would still benefit the black women. In the past, it was always seen that racism was a bad thing and all the blacks were opposition the viewpoints of the white because their developments diminished the culture of the black people. But today, this change is evident, and it has brought about more political, social and economic stability compared to the past. The black women, whether or not the black men agreed, they decided to follow the white man revolution of the use of contraceptives. The black men believed that it was all to promote genocide. They thought that the white middle-class people just introduced contraceptives so that the population of the black would reduce. Indeed it was racist, but at the same time, it was for all good reasons. In the past, the pride of men was to have many children, and for the man to be strong, the woman had to be weak. The men opposed this development for they knew their pride would be diminished. And even though the black women knew that the setting up of clinics and the funding came from the white men, they did not want to care. They knew that most poor men do not like to take their responsibilities and that is why they had to take birth control pills. The author states that Lonny Myers had the same experience while she was working in Chicago. When she was asked whether she was bothered by the money Lonny acquired came from the racists she agreed but concluded that the racists' votes to support contraceptives to reduce the number of black people in the city were all to promote change that would benefit the black women. I like the way the author derives the challenge taken to promote the use of contraceptives and his use of primary sources to convince the audience that no matter how racists the whites were, they brought about an immense positive change to the black society. The author could probably start the article by describing his beliefs, ...