re: The narrative that poverty = violence & murder

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Well if poverty rates have remained relatively stagnant over the last 50 years, how would we explain rising rates of violent crime.

The fact is that murder is up because single parenthood rates are up. In 1940, marriage rates among blacks exceeded rates among whites. And divorce rates among blacks were lower than whites'.

But it does not fit the liberal narrative to underscore the destruction of the nuclear family in urban areas. It's much more effective to blame America/whites/republicans/the south/wealthy people.

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It says a lot about this board that this post has 10 up votes and zero down votes when the first sentence is undeniably false. As long as a response fits the narrative, very few will check the facts and/or call it out.