In some areas no black dads is 90%
That 60% is a soft landing
In my youth black culture and environs segregated then much like now honestly
Let’s be real about segregation 2026
But even though back then black life was rough around the edges it approximated white life pretty much
Family
Church
Work
Crime rates
A little worse but not much maybe 10-20 percent
At least in the south
I understand in the urban north black decay had already begun in industrial areas but that includes other factors too
Industry leaving urban areas and white suburban growth contributing
No question civil rights over redress and subsequent transfer payments set this path
Victimhood status
Preference
Free money
Made blacks lazier and less responsible
Generations that had worked thru slavery and freedom became why bother
That coupled with other cultural decay like feminism which speared the daddy concept just made the perfect storm
There are no quick solutions
Plus there is an inherent factor in the black race
Slaves mimicked the plantation owner culture of the environment more often than not
Church in particular
But worldwide where I’ve lived in west Africa and so on nuclear two parent black culture doesn’t approximate European historical models
More extended families and men with multiple baby mamas
The slavery and post slavery model was more a temporary instilled run than something they brought with them
This is just reality
And there is no doubt faith based nuclear family cultures prosper and advance more by objective measurement than those that don’t
Jews are a great example .,..an early peoples to stress this and its paid off 1000s of years
Monotheism
Creed
Family
It’s mothers milk
Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society welfare programs blew up the black family. I was 14 or 15 when those programs were created and I remember it all very well.
As liberal, feel good social engineering always does, it created a ‘Road To Hell Paved With Good Intentions’ disaster. One that we still live with, thanks to GOP cowardice about undoing any program connected to “civil rights”.
What it did, is create a financial incentive for unmarried women to have children and continue to remain unmarried. The government welfare check becomes their “husband”, which they lose if they do get married. And the more children, the bigger the check.
Very popular among those who could do basic arithmetic. It went off like a bomb in urban black America, where the marriage rate was lower than white America but not remotely as low as it became in response to the welfare state rewarding that behavior.