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Black matriarchy as sourced term

The term Black matriarchy as used in the article appears to have sourcing available, but the lead cites exactly three sources none of which use the term (the Wall Street Journal source does not give the text of the source, only how to get it, so I don't know what that text says). Sources that appear to support the term are elsewhere in the article, even using the term in some of their titles, so they may not be hard to find, but I'm having difficulty getting them because of their ages. Could someone who knows the subject please source the lead for the term? Nick Levinson (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Point of View

The sources listed in this article don't point to anything, really. There is no hard data on the website to which some of the sources point; rather, it's an unsourced opinion column without primary sources. Both this page and the source speak of studies, but there are no references to the parent studies. The tone seems slanted toward an anti-black/anti-black matriarchy viewpoint. There can be only one...TheKurgan (talk) 19:04, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It is pretty difficult to talk about race in a way that does not seem demeaning though. Just noting racial differences is often seen as racist. I think the references are decent enough, but would vote to completely eliminate the Bill Cosby section. It places far too much emphasis on the personal opinions of a select few non-academics. --WikiTryHardDieHard (talk) 20:55, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Not a matriarchy

A "black matriarchy" is not actually a "matriarchy" according to any valid or meaningful definition of that word, so I'm removing Category:Matriarchy. What it is is a form of Matrifocal family (i.e. family structure where mother-child bonds are more significant than father-child bonds or the bonds between the parents of a child). See further discussion at Talk:Matrifocal family... AnonMoos (talk) 15:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]