[–] Sikozen 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Why are 60% of black families on welfare?
Because we allow everyone to be on welfare forever, and since no new skills are learned to pass on to their children it creates generations of people learning to live with less as the norm. (And to compensate for it - usually by theft or learning to abuse the system.)
There is free money and food every month, so for a few days they have bread and circuses before falling back to shiftless bored behavior. (Crime, abuse to self and others, dangerous sex, etc. This is not a race thing, this is a bored human thing. It's normal in most poverty stricken areas because basics are provided for them by government agencies so there is no reason for people to do anything besides what they want to do. If given the choice, people would not want to work from someone else, take orders from other people, get reprimanded for mistakes, etc.)
This leads to babies having babies - kids too young to take care of themselves suddenly taking care of new life. For girls, there are programs to participate in that require the baby. (Like WIC: Women, Infants, and Children.) Men don't have that, so really aside from the stigma of being a deadbeat dad there's no reason to do something you don't want to do like lose out on Xbox time to watch a crying, smelly baby. And being a deadbeat dad isn't what it used to be anymore than being a neglectful mom is/was. People make excuses for them now to protect them from the social shame that used to drive people to be better and succeed.
[–] TheKFCNyanCat 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago (edited ago)
Full Disclosure: I'm black.
It's the African American culture. Despite black celebrities' best efforts, black culture STILL sees intelligence as something to be frowned upon. For some reason, they all want to live the lifestyle of the gang banger or the rapper (the former is entirely awful, and the latter isn't inherently bad but it's an unrealistic dream.) Even for the ones who want to not be on welfare, the fact that their parents are poor coupled with the fact that schools in black neighborhoods are awful and the bad job market means that they often can't get out of poverty.
You'll also notice that most of the really successful blacks that you'll meet outside of the entertainment industry were born and raised in Africa. This is because African black culture does not frown upon intelligence like American black culture does.
[–] primaryappellation [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
I'd like to argue for something racist, but I've met young intelligent black men and, without fail, they were mercilessly targeted by their peers.
[–] TheKFCNyanCat ago
To be honest, that happens with teenagers in general, but intelligent blacks have it the worst.
[–] parrygrin 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
First, this isn't just anecdotal.
On the other hand, though, we now know the war on drugs was literally started by Nixon to put black people in jail. Then there's the prison corporations. Don't you think those play a big fucking role?
[–] Pawn 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
White man's burden that's why.