(11-21-2018, 08:14 PM)mikesez Wrote:

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(11-11-2018, 05:33 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: The destruction of the African-American male as both father and contributing member of society. Tough stuff I know, but the truth usually is.

So you've made a problem statement.
The conversation can end here, or you can try to explain why the problem happened (why African Americans and not also poor whites for instance), or you can propose a solution.
You're kind of leaving me hanging.

I feel like that's a simple answer.

Welfare.

In 1965, black families had only 25% of children out-of-wedlock. In 2011, that number is 72% of children. The Great Society programs, for example, incentivized poverty and made being jobless and unmarried more lucrative. In the 1960s, black Americans faced discrimination and a constant uphill battle in almost every part of their lives. They were afforded an immediate opportunity to gain some sort of financial relief. Who would blame them for gaming the system then? However, over time, this marriage-less and fatherless system became deeply embedded within their community. This, in my opinion, contributed to the downfall of black families. 

From the very moment the Great Society programs are enacted, the rate of out-of-wedlock and unmarried black families plummeted.

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