“black illegitimacy rate was 25% prior to welfare state”
When did the period “prior to the welfare state” end?
Welfare as we know it instituted by LBJ and Congress including some GOP too was first implemented in stages between 1964-1966
There had been some programs prior to that time since the New Deal but LBJ and his supporters in Congress took it to a new level
according to the data I mined on this thread from DOL source...black rate was 23.6 in 1963 just before this....white rate 3.6...we all know how it’s gone since