Latest Column by Glenn Sacks: Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls Tells an Important Truth About African-American Fathers

From Glenn:

My new co-authored column, Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls Tells an Important Truth About African-American Fathers (Wilmington Journal & others, 4/6/07), explains how Perry's film illuminates the important but largely ignored barriers our family law system often places between African-American dads and their children. Excerpt:

"Tyler Perry's new movie 'Daddy's Little Girls' tells an important truth about African-American fathers. The film, which reached number 5 on the Media By Numbers list of top movies, is the story of Monty, a blue collar African-American father played by Idris Elba. Monty fights long and hard in family court to be a father to his three adoring little girls. Today African-American men are often excoriated--most recently by presidential candidate Barack Obama--for being irresponsible towards their children. Yet we don’t hear nearly enough about men like Monty."