Yet don’t you find it ironic that during that period of time when black people were way more stable as a family and a community is the time they caught so much hell from white people.
Now,when the atmosphere is “off the hook”,whites generally leave blacks alone.
Yes, I do find it ironic.
I’m speaking as a person born on the South side of Chicago. I went to school with the united nations, believe me. I believe it gave me an insight that most people will never have.
The black families that lived around us, that I knew, were pretty much like us; making a living for their familes and enjoying life as best they could. I don’t recall any of the kids not having a father.
Then along came Robert Taylor Homes, and the others and things just went downhill from there.