September 20, 2023 • 5 mins
TP raised some eyebrows with his opinion on what Black women should do in relationships. There is a very important question that is raised and answered.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay. So Tyler Perry Guys has raised some eyebrows after
he suggested that black women should be open to dating
a man that makes less money than they do. On
the Keep It Positive podcast, Tyler was asked what he
thinks of a couple splitting their monthly bills in a
relationship where the female earns more than the man. Tyler responded, quote,
(00:20):
in our society right now, black women are making a
lot more money for the most part than black men.
If you can find love, if that man works whatever
job and is a good man and is good to
you and honors you, and honors the house, and honors
his wife and does what he can, that is okay.
Tyler's response did not go over well with black females
(00:41):
on Black Twitter, who argued that black women are often
expected to settle, while women of other races are not
held to those same standards. So the question is, what
do you think, Steve? Is there any truth to what
Tyler said?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Okay, like, my ass need to be on smote damn
black Twitter.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You don't want to respond at all.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I just want to, finally for the first time, not
give a damn. But you know what, running the risk
of saying something that that they can actually beat my
ass up about.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I understand what Tyler's saying, But is Tyler's saying that
black women shift settle? I'm not sure that's what he's said.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Take it like that at all. And he said that
he knew before he made the statement. He said, I
know I'm going to make some people mad, but I
wasn't mad, because you know, that is reality is you know,
is that what you want? We're not talking about what
you want, We're talking about our reality. Black women most
times do make more money than black men.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Now I disagree with that wholeheartedly. That's not most times
the case, but it can. You can find yourself in
that position oftentimes. And I don't like that. Oh when No,
I don't like that when it's always made to look
like the black man ain't making enough money because some
brothers out here hustling and getting it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And discounting them at all. Yeah, But the statistics do
show that black women make more. They're the breadwinners, they
make more.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
I think it's too I think what Steve is trying
to say, I think it's two ways. One we as
black women, we are told you don't take care of
no man. So he has to bring something to the table.
I'm not gonna take care of you can get up,
You got to go to work. You gotta get a
job if you get with a man. And at the
beginning of the relationship, let's just say, at the beginning
of the relationship, you make more money than him. But
(02:37):
then he's on his hustle and he's on his grind
and then he comes up, and then his dreams and
his career and it's all coming together. Then he surpasses
you in the income level, just talking about income level.
Then you all together are as one as a union.
So I don't look at that as settling, because that's
(02:57):
the situation of the man that you love. That may
be his financial situation right on the time.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
But you may Yeah, but he has goals, he has
a plan, he has you know, like Tyler said, he's
a loving man. You know he honestly together, Ye, together,
you guys can build WA.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Talks about me. I thought he knew me because if
from two thousand and one to two thousand eleven his
ad was right, I would have got from two thousand
and one two thousand eleven.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
His ad was right, I was all of that, But
look at you in twenty and twenty three.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Yeah, well see, I had to start making some money
for my own self esteem because I got tired about
jo broke ass.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I got tired, you got I kind of get.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Labeled, yo, broke ass. We can't go eat nowhere.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
No where.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But see I say that, I don't. I think that
women for a lot of times. What happens to a
lot of women and in our community is sometimes they
get left holding the bag. Yeah, they become single mothers
for whatever the reason, for whatever the reason, and then
they're forced to be the bread winners and they're forced
(04:07):
to take care of themselves. They're forced to be their
own provider. But I've got to tell y'all something, man,
they don't talk about it in the white community, but
it's happening at a massive level over there. It just
they don't talk about it that way. But there are
a lot of white single mothers out there. I hear
about them. All. All you got to do is shows man,
(04:30):
they get they getting left hold in the bag too.
So and I think what Tyler said, the part that
got him in trouble was he said he was gonna
do that because he knew some of y'all was gonna
take it the wrong way or some women, and it
is that way sometimes that's the reality of it, all.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Right, Coming up next, it is Junior and for the
Nephew with today's prank phone call. Right after this, you're
listening Morning Show
Okay. So Tyler Perry Guys has raised some eyebrows after
he suggested that black women should be open to dating
a man that makes less money than they do. On
the Keep It Positive podcast, Tyler was asked what he
thinks of a couple splitting their monthly bills in a
relationship where the female earns more than the man. Tyler responded, quote,
(00:20):
in our society right now, black women are making a
lot more money for the most part than black men.
If you can find love, if that man works whatever
job and is a good man and is good to
you and honors you, and honors the house, and honors
his wife and does what he can, that is okay.
Tyler's response did not go over well with black females
(00:41):
on Black Twitter, who argued that black women are often
expected to settle, while women of other races are not
held to those same standards. So the question is, what
do you think, Steve? Is there any truth to what
Tyler said?
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Okay, like, my ass need to be on smote damn
black Twitter.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
You don't want to respond at all.
Speaker 2 (01:04):
I just want to, finally for the first time, not
give a damn. But you know what, running the risk
of saying something that that they can actually beat my
ass up about.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Uh huh.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
I understand what Tyler's saying, But is Tyler's saying that
black women shift settle? I'm not sure that's what he's said.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Take it like that at all. And he said that
he knew before he made the statement. He said, I
know I'm going to make some people mad, but I
wasn't mad, because you know, that is reality is you know,
is that what you want? We're not talking about what
you want, We're talking about our reality. Black women most
times do make more money than black men.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Now I disagree with that wholeheartedly. That's not most times
the case, but it can. You can find yourself in
that position oftentimes. And I don't like that. Oh when No,
I don't like that when it's always made to look
like the black man ain't making enough money because some
brothers out here hustling and getting it, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
And discounting them at all. Yeah, But the statistics do
show that black women make more. They're the breadwinners, they
make more.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
I think it's too I think what Steve is trying
to say, I think it's two ways. One we as
black women, we are told you don't take care of
no man. So he has to bring something to the table.
I'm not gonna take care of you can get up,
You got to go to work. You gotta get a
job if you get with a man. And at the
beginning of the relationship, let's just say, at the beginning
of the relationship, you make more money than him. But
(02:37):
then he's on his hustle and he's on his grind
and then he comes up, and then his dreams and
his career and it's all coming together. Then he surpasses
you in the income level, just talking about income level.
Then you all together are as one as a union.
So I don't look at that as settling, because that's
(02:57):
the situation of the man that you love. That may
be his financial situation right on the time.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
But you may Yeah, but he has goals, he has
a plan, he has you know, like Tyler said, he's
a loving man. You know he honestly together, Ye, together,
you guys can build WA.
Speaker 4 (03:17):
Talks about me. I thought he knew me because if
from two thousand and one to two thousand eleven his
ad was right, I would have got from two thousand
and one two thousand eleven.
Speaker 3 (03:25):
His ad was right, I was all of that, But
look at you in twenty and twenty three.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Yeah, well see, I had to start making some money
for my own self esteem because I got tired about
jo broke ass.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
I got tired, you got I kind of get.
Speaker 4 (03:39):
Labeled, yo, broke ass. We can't go eat nowhere.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
No where.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
But see I say that, I don't. I think that
women for a lot of times. What happens to a
lot of women and in our community is sometimes they
get left holding the bag. Yeah, they become single mothers
for whatever the reason, for whatever the reason, and then
they're forced to be the bread winners and they're forced
(04:07):
to take care of themselves. They're forced to be their
own provider. But I've got to tell y'all something, man,
they don't talk about it in the white community, but
it's happening at a massive level over there. It just
they don't talk about it that way. But there are
a lot of white single mothers out there. I hear
about them. All. All you got to do is shows man,
(04:30):
they get they getting left hold in the bag too.
So and I think what Tyler said, the part that
got him in trouble was he said he was gonna
do that because he knew some of y'all was gonna
take it the wrong way or some women, and it
is that way sometimes that's the reality of it, all.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Right, Coming up next, it is Junior and for the
Nephew with today's prank phone call. Right after this, you're
listening Morning Show
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