Now, the big question....what do we do about it? It’s not like we can go back and magically add a father to all those having problems today.
What we do about it is pretty simple...in theory though politically difficult...
Done over a period of time...
Reform the welfare state...not aggressively, but in incremental steps..
1. Incentives for poor women with children to get married, by giving them better benefits for a short period of time...like three years...put pressure on the baby daddies to man up...
2. Cut off additional benefits after two kids...cut the money off and they will close their legs to pump out more state money...
3. Reform the criminal system...way too many young blacks are getting criminal records on basically minor crimes like drug possession...cuts them off from the job market...
4. School vouchers in the inner city...the parents of blacks youth who actually want to get their kids out of horrible schools have a chance to be educated...
Until the "Great Society" black families basically had the same level of negative statistics as whites, out of birth rate, criminal stats, illiterate rate...etc....
You are right, the war on poverty turned out to be a war on fathers and minorities, especially blacks. If the black community had real leaders instead of con men lining their pockets they would be promoting things like you are to better the communities.
This country better wake up because now it is not just a black problem. The issues of fatherless children and people using social programs instead of jobs to live now crosses racial lines. Many Caucasians are following in the footsteps down the wrong path. Hispanics are on social programs in large numbers, though most of them are illegals- which is another serious problem we need to address, and the solution is not amnesty so they can get even more money on the dole.