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Old 08-01-2019, 01:16 PM
 
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Take the "highest rate of single mothers" statistic in the proper context. WHY does the urban black community have a higher rate of single mothers than any other demographic? Past that, what can possibly explain the shift in the black family from a higher marriage and wedded childbirth rate than all other demographics at one point in the not so distant past, to the current polar opposite of the worst rate among all other demographics? Is the some historical inflection point that can possibly explain the WHY of this particular cultural issue?

I mean, slavery ended 156 years ago, so that legacy alone cannot explain what shifted from the very family oriented black demographic to this new single mother, absentee father, children raised on the street phenomenon. What could have possibly happened in the last oh...70 years that could give us a clue as to why the all black Harlem city schools went from 2nd best in the 5 Burroughs to among the worst as of today.

What was the pox, pray tell, that fell upon the black demographic's house, such that it actually resembles a plague virus? Hmm...what could it be...?
Curious, how do blacks fare in other parts of the world, e.g. Africa, Caribbean, Europe, S. America. Is their condition here unique to here? Any input? This info might help us narrow down the root cause(s) of black poverty in the USA.
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:17 PM
 
Location: Free State of Florida, Support our police
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Republicans and democrats are not the only issues.

When a black kid and a white kid do the same things, they get treated differently, be it:
Getting pulled by the police
Walking around at night
Entering a store
Applying for a job
Getting paid for the same job
etc.
etc.
etc.
While that may be true it is has decreased over the years. Again until the culture changes and that certain conduct is deemed completely unacceptable by the black community itself you will not see changes. The different treatment was born by racism and further perpetuated by blacks themselves due to their own conduct. Racism is nowhere near as much as it once was. Blacks need to make the necessary changes. The community needs to fix itself. White politicians are not going to do it for them!
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:21 PM
 
Location: USA
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Two generations ago blacks had a marriage rate of 70 percent. Now it has reversed.
White Liberal's brought you that along with their High Rise Ghettos and increased prison populations by non other than the Clintons Gotta love White Liberals, they try so hard, but F it up Everytime
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:25 PM
 
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If not racism, what else could it be?
Poor personal decision making (which is the cause of most poverty in the United States).
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:25 PM
 
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Well what happened 40-50 years ago...

Tougher prosecution of drugs... longer sentences.. targeting poorer communities. Black and brown communities!

Young black men get arrested more often then young white men for the same crime.
Young black men get sentenced more often the young white men for the same crime.
Young black men get longer jail sentences then young white men for the same crime.

For what... it started with a majority of Non-Violent Drug offenses.

Is this just coincidence? Or does it create a vicious cycle of broken up families, with lower incomes and opportunities for their children?


Why is it that most 1st generational African immigrants do better and create more wealth then African-Americans?
Why is it that most 1st generational Asian immigrants do better and create more wealth then African-Americans?

You take the simple road of just calling all the descendants for slaves as lazy, low IQ, welfare leachers...

250 years of slavery, 100 years of Jim Crow.. then suddenly just collapse after they have fought for their rights for decades, then end up on welfare with broken families, and a majority of black men in prison?


Or, is there something that stops them for being as successful as newly immigrated Africans?


It was not welfare... it was instituted Racist crime bills that either knowingly or fantastically unknowingly ending up targeting poor urban black areas. And almost destroying two generations of black families in the process.


Then you look at this mess... and just call them lazy for not working harder, because you dont see any racism going on.





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Old 08-01-2019, 01:27 PM
 
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Young black men get arrested more often then young white men for the same crime.

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Translation: Young black men get arrested at a higher rate for committing crimes at a higher rate.
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:29 PM
 
Location: NC
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While that may be true it is has decreased over the years. Again until the culture changes and that certain conduct is deemed completely unacceptable by the black community itself you will not see changes. The different treatment was born by racism and further perpetuated by blacks themselves due to their own conduct. Racism is nowhere near as much as it once was. Blacks need to make the necessary changes. The community needs to fix itself. White politicians are not going to do it for them!
I will carefully agree with you that the Black Community needs to do their part to fix the problem.

I will respectfully state that "not as bad as it used to be" is not a very good benchmark.

I guess the point is that there needs to be change from both sides of the issue. In almost all cases, both sides refuse to see their own role in the problem.

The black community wants to blame racism for their problems, and the racists (which sadly includes our POTUS and his base) want to blame the black community for their problems.

I'll meet you half way and say that it ain't getting fixed until EVERYONE makes significant progress. I won't blame it squarely on either side, but will agree that until both sides of the debate make substantial change, it won't get better.

That said, I see it as a bigger problem that our POTUS and about half the government deny there is a problem, and while I don't condone inaction from the black community (there is action and inaction, btw), I can understand their resentment, when they face the problems they do, only to be mocked, told they are lying and have those exact problems doubled down in their face.

From that resentment, I would have to assume, spawns a hopelessness that "doing the right thing" will get a different result this time.
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:29 PM
 
Location: New York
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Evolution. American blacks have the same disadvantage that African blacks have. Europeans were 2,000 years more advanced than Africans in 1600. Expecting such a gap to be closed with a couple of social programs and apologies is absurd.
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:30 PM
 
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Two generations ago blacks had a marriage rate of 70 percent. Now it has reversed.
40 years ago, the Black poverty rate was 41%. Today, it’s 29%. I don’t think the marriage rate has as big of an impact as you think.
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Old 08-01-2019, 01:32 PM
 
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Curious, how do blacks fare in other parts of the world, e.g. Africa, Caribbean, Europe, S. America. Is their condition here unique to here? Any input? This info might help us narrow down the root cause(s) of black poverty in the USA.
No. In fact it's a major predictor of poor per capita wealth.

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