[–] Maddmartigan 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
All hurt but welfare dealt the most damage.
[–] Le_Squish 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
They all hurt but in different ways.
Slavery was dysgenic and normalized fatherlessness and harmed IQ.
Welfare destroyed the vulnerable and newly rebuilt family structure and disincentived independence.
The drug war was accompanied by mass immigration of Mexicans and their gangs into black communities. Combined with gun control, this politically broke black communities destroying the protections of the church and caused the astronomical increases in crime now typical of black communities.
[–] matthew-- ago
Welfare.
The black family stayed together all throughout slavery (including in Africa); and even throughout the "drug war", and drugs had been around since way before then.
Welfare came along and all of a sudden, having a husband that wasn't in jail was no longer a priority for black women and other alike, because big daddy government would pay their bills and pay for raising their bastards.