CNN's Don Lemon: "More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock." Politifact rating: True

Politifact ^ | July 29, 2013 | Louis Jacobson

[escapefromboston]

One of the biggest issues in America but neither party wants to deal with it

[Gay State Conservative]

I recall having seen a piece some time ago which stated that in the early 60s the illegitimacy rate among blacks was something like 7% and among whites it was something like 3%.

[Valpal1]

It’s gone down to 28.2% as of 2018. Rates for teens have been tanking since 2015ish while rates for women over 35 have been inching up, resulting in a small net loss.

[angry elephant]

t’s been about that way for I don’t know how many decades. At least 35 years.”

Before LBJ’s Great Society gift to the black family, black people were far more likely to marry and stay married. LBJ created the great profession for “baby mamas.”

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Probably 50 years.

Liberals did a number on the Black American Family. It’s going extinct.

[Scrambler Bob]

Sisters from different Misters.

Brothers from different Mothers.

[philman_36]

Families like that should be an inspiration to other Blacks.

I met a black 18 wheel truck driver today delivering a load and, after talking with him a while, he said he was never going to vote Dem again.

His reason...THEY LIE! He says blacks are waking up and they're tired of the BS.
The inspiration has already happened and is spreading.

[Zuriel]

**We were talking family time day and I asked why he doesn’t wear a ring? He said they don’t need a symbol to shoe their commitment. I told him that he needed one to show other black men what that commitment is. He liked that idea.**

Good point. My wife and I haven’t worn wedding rings for almost 40 yrs. She had been taking them off when washing dishes, but after the firstborn came she didn’t want to scatch the baby’s skin. Not long after being married I told her how a classmate lost his ring finger when he jumped off a moving hayrack. A protruding nail head caught it just right. Shocked by the story, my wife told me to stop wearing it when working. Pretty soon we were forgetting to wear them at all. (We celebrated our 44th anniversary last friday, and didn’t have rings on. Lol)

[Georgia Girl 2]

That’s been true for 30 years. Not a new statistic.

[waterhill]

Billy Sol Estes was involved as well. Sometimes I wonder about Dewey Groom... I know some of his grandkids...they have a couple of Ace Hardware franchises around here.

[Zuriel]

That is quite common with black owner operators. They like owning a business, and being their own boss.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

They’re lucky. Nearly half of black babies are aborted.

[Sacajaweau]

And “0” divorces. They just go on to the next one.

[Tommy Revolts]

Good Lord, the Democrats have just destroyed the Black Family. Sad.

[Tommy Revolts]

Good Lord, the Democrats have just destroyed the Black Family. Sad.

[Manic_Episode]

Whites are not too far behind.

We are a nation of bastards.

[colorado tanker]

Had a Republican said this they would rate it false or partially true.

[NurdlyPeon]

Isn’t it over 50% among whites now? I don’t know what it is with Asians.

I believe it just the other day went above 50% overall (all races) in England.

[BobL]

I work with a black person who grew up in a two-parent household. But then again, that probably has something to do with him being there.

[Tai_Chung]

"More than 72 percent of children in the African-American community are born out of wedlock."

Does he want to solve the problem by aborting them?