Eddie Murphy’s Mess

by La Shawn on 08.05.07

in Cultural Decline, Pop Culture

Here’s one of many reasons why people should create a stable home before procreating. Comedian Eddie Murphy knocked up Spice Girl Melanie Brown, and fled. He ordered DNA tests, and the baby is indeed his, but “[h]e has not indicated in his statement or to us that he plans to visit the baby,” said Brown’s “feminist” lawyer Gloria Allred.

Because Murphy lost interest in sleeping with Brown, a child is fatherless. Yes, the girl will receive checks from her wealthy father, but in all likelihood, that’s all she’ll get. Given the shameful epidemic of fatherless children among blacks, my tolerance for listening to blacks blame white racism for everything from the academic achievement gap to higher loan interest rates has hit rock bottom.

How much more damaging to a child are parental neglect and apathy than the most virulent racism? Oh, let us count the ways…

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