Prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for some strange reason
(sarcasm) the cohesion of the Black family and neighborhoods were at a much better place than they are right now.
Place the blame directly against those well to do Blacks that abandoned those areas as soon as possible, the Doctors, Lawyers, Actors etc.
At one time the single Black mother had a certain amount of support in the Black community, watch the movie “Ray”
or the movie “Rosewood” a community prospering in the worst of times.
In 2000, I attended a speech at a small venue where Condoleezza Rice who spoke about the black family of her youth. They worked hard, struggled and despite whatever adversity they prevailed. Johnson and the Great Society took the moral foundation out from under black culture in the United States. Look at Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams, nobody gave them anything, but they were raised with a strong ethical base (although if I recall Sowell’s youth was difficult)
In 2000, I attended a speech at a small venue where Condoleezza Rice spoke about the black family of her youth. They worked hard, struggled and despite whatever adversity they prevailed. Johnson and the Great Society took the moral foundation out from under black culture in the United States. Look at Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams, nobody gave them anything, but they were raised with a strong ethical base (although if I recall Sowell’s youth was difficult)