re: An explanation of rich/poor gap

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I though this was common knowledge? For the longest time, black families have endured poverty because they won't own up to the issues of fatherless homes. This has filtered to the white community now and it's being ignored as a major factor in poverty because it's not PC to talk about morals and such.

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That's interesting. I believe the poverty rate for black families in and around the 1950's to 1960's was 50% -ish. That number dropped drastically in just 10 years to about 30% due to the Civil Rights movement, and now hovers around the mid 20's.

How do you explain that, considering the consensus on this board is that black families had a much stronger family unit then they did now.

Education is the key. Family definitely has something to do with it. But if one group is systematically and lawfully bring denied educational opportunities, this will off course keep them in poverty more so than other groups. And naturally, recessions would cause it to be cyclical.