The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies

City Journal ^ | Summer, 2005 | Kay S. Hymowitz

[martin_fierro]

So why does the Times, like so many who rail against inequality, fall silent on the relation between poverty and single-parent families?

The soft bigotry of low expectations.

[Eagles6]

bttt

[squirt-gun]

Lyndon and his fawning democratic serfs....

Killed the black family via the so called "great society"....

From the on, the black man was on his own and his family was back at the door of the main house (the erstwhile plantation) to get handouts necessary to live......and we all pay for this insanity

[alisasny]

READ Thomas Sowells Black Rednecks and White liberals for more thought out perspective. Thomas nails a concise point on every page on this crap.

[rdb3]

Read through the megazillion words on class, income mobility...

Did someone say "mobility?" I ain't got much steenkin mobility. Oh, income mobility.

Never mind.

[alisasny]

You would like Sowells tome.

Stresses the differences between Northern black and Southern Blacks in comparison to the same of Whites.

I always recall the esteemed Walter Williams trying to educate his black folk by saying " African aint no USA".

As to say appreciate what you have over the bush.

[jammer]

He [Johnson] described “the breakdown of the Negro family structure,” which he said was “the consequence of ancient brutality, past injustice and present prejudice.”

Well, that is warm and fuzzy--and not true. If the breakdown were a necessary outcome, then Irish immigrant and Jewish people would not have the strong family structures they have.

No, one of the problems with the entire mess is premises that wrong, no matter how good they sound. Do I have the answer? Probably not. But I can damned sure get closer that Mr. Johnson did.

[Meldrim]

The author should have mentioned the shocking rate of illegitimate births among female military personell: in the Army the standard birth is out of wedlock...and we reward it with separate rations and housing...

[A. Morgan]

Hey rdb3...

'Hope those prayers for your speedy recovery are doing ya some
good.

[semaj]

I just don't believe in Africa there are any black Leave it to Beaver families, so why stress out there aren't any in the USA. It's a cultural and societal difference.

Are you really stupid enough to post the above, or just looking for confirmation from other racists?

[fishbabe]

Johnson also said,we pass this and the negro will vote for us for the next 200 years...Obviously,theres some validity that remark...

[IronJack]

So it's fair to say that the steady decline of black culture dates back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That landmark piece of society-saving legislation lauded in song and story actually turned out to be a curse on the very people it was written to save.

[StoneGiant]

So it's fair to say that the steady decline of black culture dates back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. That landmark piece of society-saving legislation lauded in song and story actually turned out to be a curse on the very people it was written to save.


Consider this a cautionary tale. The travesty imposed upon Black families by the liberal Democrats is what awaits us all unless we remain diligent.

[tomkat]

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[winodog]

Another perfect example of what government does best. Create more problems for everyone it tries to solve.

[Alia]

Thank you for posting -- This is a comprehensive analysis and synopsis of what happened. And it still angers me.

[IronJack]

Another perfect example of what government does best. Create more problems for everyone it tries to solve.

It's sheer hubris to keep repeating those crimes, then defending them by claiming that the intent was pure.

[RWCon]

And then check out "The Bell Curve".