re: Steve King: insecure beta man

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I wouldn't put it that way only because I won't conflate the fact that men who are white raise their children more often than men who are black do with "culture." Furthermore, the welfare state that yields the unfortunate phenomenon we see today is the doing of a white man who grew up on a Texas ranch. For perspective, LBJ was vocal about how horrendous it was that 27% of black kids in his time grew up without their fathers in the same home, whereas today ~30% of white kids grow up without their fathers in the home; ~70% of black kids.

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First of all I'm glad to see you freely admit it was a liberal democrat like LBJ who not only created this entitlement we see the fruits of today but was also his major objective with the civil rights act of 1964 to sure up the African American vote. I agree that's been a huge objective for decades upon decades. Also interesting is how you mentioned his quote about horrendous it was about blacks being without fathers. He has other quotes saying something much more nefarious with the N word used and suring up the Black vote for the next 200 years.

Also, the fact that an entitlement program that was offered to all people but has more greatly affected one particular race at an exponentially hirer rate with devastating circumstances-- you can't simply ignore the cultural applications to what that says. It's obviously a complicated subject but to totally leave culture of the equation seems irresponsible if we are trying to at least be honest and try to get to the core of a terrible vicious cycle and human condition.