Black Poverty
in the USA:
The true cause
may surprise you © 2016
The number one cause of black poverty in this country may not be what most people think. It’s not those mean ol’ Republicans. It’s not condescending liberal Democrats, nor is it necessarily racism.
The number one cause of black poverty, without question, is black females having children without adequate financial support. This is not a put-down or indictment on these females; it’s just a fact. So many of the black females, who are raising children without adequate financial support, are undereducated, underemployed, unemployed, and as rule, they don’t get any financial help from the so-called “baby daddy.”
Babies are cute, yes they are; but they aren’t cheap. If a single female is unemployed, underemployed, undereducated, and if the father of the child has skipped out, in a nutshell, that’s a recipe for black poverty. Right now, in many urban areas, over 80 percent of black children are born to a single female who is financially unprepared to deal with the expenses of raising a child, or two.
If our community doesn’t fix this issue, we can expect to deal with continuing black poverty for the next 50 to 75 years. Moreover, poverty doesn’t just affect the family involved, it affects the entire black community as relates to crime, community standards, schools, city services, city revenues, etc.
That said, and given the seriousness of black povery, when was the last time you heard black leaders talk about the actual causes of black poverty? They talk about the symptoms, but when was the last time you heard them talked about any solutions?
We can do something about black poverty ourselves. The two most effective low-tech ways to stop black poverty are condoms and a national effort to raise the self-esteem of black females that encourages them to be more selective about the guys they allow into their intimate lives, etc.
Those are two things we can do starting this minute. Neither solution requires billion dollar government programs, new legislation from Congress, the White House, or an income requirement. Those two things by themselves could put a significant dent in reducing black poverty in the United States. Simple but effective. Are we willing to take ownership and take care of our business?
Of course, black poverty has a twin, in education, or the lack thereof. More on that next week.
in the USA:
The true cause
may surprise you © 2016
The number one cause of black poverty in this country may not be what most people think. It’s not those mean ol’ Republicans. It’s not condescending liberal Democrats, nor is it necessarily racism.
The number one cause of black poverty, without question, is black females having children without adequate financial support. This is not a put-down or indictment on these females; it’s just a fact. So many of the black females, who are raising children without adequate financial support, are undereducated, underemployed, unemployed, and as rule, they don’t get any financial help from the so-called “baby daddy.”
Babies are cute, yes they are; but they aren’t cheap. If a single female is unemployed, underemployed, undereducated, and if the father of the child has skipped out, in a nutshell, that’s a recipe for black poverty. Right now, in many urban areas, over 80 percent of black children are born to a single female who is financially unprepared to deal with the expenses of raising a child, or two.
If our community doesn’t fix this issue, we can expect to deal with continuing black poverty for the next 50 to 75 years. Moreover, poverty doesn’t just affect the family involved, it affects the entire black community as relates to crime, community standards, schools, city services, city revenues, etc.
That said, and given the seriousness of black povery, when was the last time you heard black leaders talk about the actual causes of black poverty? They talk about the symptoms, but when was the last time you heard them talked about any solutions?
We can do something about black poverty ourselves. The two most effective low-tech ways to stop black poverty are condoms and a national effort to raise the self-esteem of black females that encourages them to be more selective about the guys they allow into their intimate lives, etc.
Those are two things we can do starting this minute. Neither solution requires billion dollar government programs, new legislation from Congress, the White House, or an income requirement. Those two things by themselves could put a significant dent in reducing black poverty in the United States. Simple but effective. Are we willing to take ownership and take care of our business?
Of course, black poverty has a twin, in education, or the lack thereof. More on that next week.