[BroJoeK]

Locomotive Breath: "And today the descendants of the freed slaves are all the time having a big shoot-em-up in all the major U.S. cities.
Way to go Union!!
Maybe Johnny Reb knew something you didn’t."

Today's African American population is circa 50 million, 15% of the total population, which is the same as it was in 1860.

On the economic scales, African Americans sort out as:

1. 16% in poverty = 8 million
2. 30% Working Class = 15 million
3. 45% Middle Class = 23 million
4. 9% Upper Class = 4 million

The percentage of blacks living in poverty was 55% in 1959.

These numbers don't look so bad, but what does look bad is black children growing up in mothers-only households increased from 12% in 1950 to 54% today.

The blame for that lies on politicians who provide welfare payments to women for only so long as they remain unmarried.

[Locomotive Breath]

Ya mean the “Great Society” didn’t turn out so great after all?

[DiogenesLamp]

The blame for that lies on politicians who provide welfare payments to women for only so long as they remain unmarried.

LBJ's vote buying scheme that worked perfectly.

I think we all agree on that.