Not gonna dwell on his musical legacy or issues with drugs, since these are attributes I don't share with Mr. Gaye. However, I do know about dealings with a parent who seems jealous or threatened by their child's talents. I also know about dealing with a parent who believes that he/she is all-knowing and all-seeing. That attitude, more than the effects of a brain tumor, was the motivation for Mr. Gaye Sr. killing his child.
Members of my community continue to perpetuate the lie that the Black family is the foundation for everything, but they fail to acknowledge that if the Black family is sick down to its core, continuing to associate with the poisonous and indoctrinating the subsequent generations to it don't serve anyone.
There are a lot of discussions to be had about this; unfortunately, the concept of abandoning dysfunctional Black families is taboo.
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