The article doesn’t even mention the high incidence of single-parent families in the AA community as one of the possible factors.
Yep. The author is a fraidy cat, who tap dances around the real reasons.
There is no more certain way into poverty than pregnancy before marriage.
One could not have devised a more effective plan to destroy the African American race than the Great Society and Welfare has done.
Exactly. Welfare is like heroin. Try it and you're hooked for life. The overwhelming majority of the problems in the African-American community are caused by the African-American community: drug addiction, drug dealing, burglary, armed robbery, prostitution ang gang activity.
DON’T believe anything you read in the Guardian.
It's more left-wing than the New York Times. It still has a story with an active link that claims Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush, financed the Nazi Party before World War II. Most of this trash comes from Lyndon LaRouche and his propaganda minister, Webster Tarpley.
Don't Believe Everything You Read, Part I
Of course, it's been debunked. But The Guardian still has the story posted.
Yep. Aside from the obvious advantage of two incomes, or at least the presence of one parent in the home while another works, saving on 'child care', a stable marriage is conducive to the accumulation of assets, real and otherwise. It makes it possible to buy instead of rent, to maintain the property better, to take advantage of sales, etc., all of which translate into getting more for the dollar spent, and free up money to be invested or accumulated.
The interdependence of a decent relationship establishes standards which cause people to achieve more.
Most of the problems of the black community appear to have cultural roots, and that culture has changed significantly since the start of the War on Poverty. People who were itching for a chance to compete in the workplace and academia with their counterparts of other races often lost drive, and I place the blame on the Socialist ("New Left") inroads made in the black community during what they might call the 'Civil Rights Era' of the 1960s. The whole concept of 'being owed' really gained visible traction then.
Prior to that, even under Jim Crow, there were somewhat parallel cultures, businesses, and even universities, and achievement was stressed by many black parents (and still is by those who did not buy into the Socialist's meme.).
Juan Williams had five steps for anyone to avoid poverty, no matter their childhood situation.
Finish high school.
Wait to have a child until after highschool.
If you have a child, get married.
Get a job, any job, and work.
Anyone can do this, but of course he was called racist.
you are VERY Right, and that’s a point I forgot. I think that plays a major factor.