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Oct 19, 2018 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Another layer to this important era.
The time the gov properly identified the cause of black ppl falling behind economically and socially is the destruction of the black family. Effects left over from slavery and Jim crow. AND wanted to FIX it.
In 1965, sociologist Daniel Moynihan created a report.
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action.
Comprised of analytical data proving that single parent households mixed with toxic ghetto culture stemming from racial oppression/slavery was wrecking the black community.
Oct 3, 2018 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Black folks and poverty
At one point in this nation, black ppl were the model of upward mobility n strong family values. An era rarely talked about cause it shows our true potential, WITHOUT gov assistance.
Somewhere after the Black Wall Street destruction and before CRACK.
From 1940-1960 the blk community cut our poverty rates in HALF.
In this same era, within jobs in the skilled trades, black income DOUBLED that of what our white counterparts were making. Doubled.
Home ownership and college enrollment were sky rocketing.
