Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 02/10/2008 - 16:49.
The character in the film tells us why he will never let his son go. His own experience as a Black male child raised without his father has shaped this character. He can live with himself as broke. He can live with himself as struggling. But he cannot relinquish the one characteristic he's held as an ideal: A Black man raising his son.
True, you could argue that holding on to this ideal may not have been in the best interest of the son. But it's entirely possible this man may not have made it at all had he let go of his son.
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The character in the film tells us why he will never let his son go. His own experience as a Black male child raised without his father has shaped this character. He can live with himself as broke. He can live with himself as struggling. But he cannot relinquish the one characteristic he's held as an ideal: A Black man raising his son.
True, you could argue that holding on to this ideal may not have been in the best interest of the son. But it's entirely possible this man may not have made it at all had he let go of his son.