Can Black men be stay-at-home fathers and masculine?

Before the stay-at-home dad was in the lexicon of Black American society, community leader and activist, Randall Chandler and his wife Paula decided that he should be the one to stay at home, take care of the house, and tend to the children's school activities and household chores.  As a couple, Randall and his wife decided that he should give up his career - noting that because of the cost of childcare and other circumstances it was logical for his wife to work outside the home.  She was the partner with the career that had a more mutually beneficial trajectory.The decision Randall and his wife made was unprecedented for a Black family raising two children in the 1990s.  Now, Randall wants the Black community, particularly Black men, to know that when it comes to building and protecting your family, the family has to create a narrative unique to their needs.  Don't buy into the stereotypes, he says, of what it mens to be a Black father.  "Create your own narrative," he says.  In this episode of The Offshoot, Randall talks about how he and his wife came to the decision that he should be a stay-at-home dad.  He also talks about Black father responsibility, making better decisions, and dispelling the myth of uber-masculine and/or alpha male Black fatherhood.Support the show