[Mrs. Don-o]

My money's on culture, two key elements of which are work, and family structure. At the time of the Harlem Renaissance ----an historic upsurge in African-American creativity in the arts, music, drama, literature, scholarship and civic leadership --- 90% of the black children in Harlem lived in intact- married- mother'n'father households.

And now?

You don't know whether to weep, or to smash something.

[little jeremiah]

It’s amazing how much has changed in just a few generations. IMO the government supporting or paying for illegitimacy is equal to the cesspit culture - like a right and left hand, and Tax-chick’s comment says it all. Communists/leftists want families destroyed; a chaotic and helpless and immoral populace is much easier to control.