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re: Decline of the African American family - article
Posted on 3/30/14 at 11:12 am to Lakeboy7
Posted on 3/30/14 at 11:12 am to Lakeboy7
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Well lay some knowledge on us? you seem to have this figured out.
I haven't figured it out. I'm saying the issue needs to be discussed and our country better figure it out or it's going to get worse.
And here's some knowledge from the article:
• In 2005, Black people accounted for 13% of the total U.S. population yet they were the victims of 49% of all the nation's murders; and 93% of black murder victims were killed by other black people.
• Less than half of black students graduated from high school in 2005.
• In 2009, 73% of black children were born to unmarried mothers.
• In 2012, blacks in New York constituted 78% of shooting suspects and 74% of all shooting victims even though they are less than 23% of the city’s population. Young black men in New York are 36 times more likely to be murdered than young white men.
• Today, black males between the ages of 14 and 17 commit homicide at ten times the rate of white and Hispanic males of the same age combined.
• In many urban areas, the black illegitimacy rate is well over 80 percent.
• The national unemployment rate for blacks is over 13%, nearly five points above the average for all Americans. And black teen unemployment is over 40 %.
Are you ok with these numbers? Think they'll improve? What can be done to reverse the trend?
This post was edited on 3/30/14 at 11:15 am
Posted on 3/30/14 at 11:38 am to Palmetto08
I would say the ball is firmly in Lakeboy7's court.
Posted on 3/30/14 at 11:47 am to Palmetto08
Those numbers all relate to the disproportionate amount of blacks that are poor. They aren't inherently more violent or unintelligent.
It's a terrible cycle that's hard to find a solution. It's hard to blame the people, but without personal responsibility nothing will change. It's almost unfixable.
The difference really is only skin color.
It's a terrible cycle that's hard to find a solution. It's hard to blame the people, but without personal responsibility nothing will change. It's almost unfixable.
The difference really is only skin color.
This post was edited on 3/30/14 at 11:48 am
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