Neither of us said that culture wasn't a contributing issue to the state of things today...it certainly IS today, that is undeniable and, in my opinion, incontestable.
But that isn't the root cause of the problem, as Thomas Sowell has laid out and backed up with inarguable statistics that bear out the "Great Society" programs as being the root cause that pushed things inexorably in the direction that results in what we see today.
Culture follows what is happening in an environment, IMO.
I have made the point time and time again on this forum that the most destructive and corrosive force in black America today is "Black Culture". The problem the rest of the country has is that the media and other forces have caused it to spill over into other demographics in this country, and that isn't good for anyone.
As you rightfully point out, those statistics on wedlock are appalling. Simply appalling.
My point was folks cling to this canard that black parenthood in America was the same as whites prior to the entitlement programs
Nothing could be further from the truth
And I confessed I too fall into these traps of racial and cultural relativity as well