FAMILIES 62% of Black families (up from 23% in 1967) are now headed by single women. 67% of Black children (up from 17% in 1967) are born out of wedlock. The percentage of Black women who are married declined from 62% to 37% between 1950 and 1998. Unstable families are often less than optimum environments for good education, and positive outlooks on life.
EDUCATION 69% of Black children cannot read in the 4th grade, compared with 29% among white children. Only 12% of Black high-school seniors are "proficient" readers, while 54% have "below basic" reading skills. Poor education contributes to an inability to compete in the workplace which results in low paying jobs.
EMPLOYMENT Black adult unemployment has remained twice as high as white unemployment for more than 30 years; 3 times as high among young people. Black women make 89% of what white women make; Black men make 67% of what white men make. Low paying jobs lead to poverty.
POVERTY While constituting roughly 13% of the total population, Black America represents nearly 30% of America's poor. Poverty often times breeds crime and discontentment.
DRUGS & CRIME Drugs are a major contributing factor to the on average, 6342 black on black murders that occur annually. This total of all U.S. soldiers killed during the 2 Gulf wars, across 2 countries, and over the 5 combined years is 4646. We kill 1696 more of our own per year than the gulf war has killed of all U.S. citizens in all combined years. Discontentment oftentimes breeds drug use and the disire for the fast track to prosperity. http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/homicide/ageracesex.htm
EDUCATION 69% of Black children cannot read in the 4th grade, compared with 29% among white children. Only 12% of Black high-school seniors are "proficient" readers, while 54% have "below basic" reading skills. Poor education contributes to an inability to compete in the workplace which results in low paying jobs.
EMPLOYMENT Black adult unemployment has remained twice as high as white unemployment for more than 30 years; 3 times as high among young people. Black women make 89% of what white women make; Black men make 67% of what white men make. Low paying jobs lead to poverty.
POVERTY While constituting roughly 13% of the total population, Black America represents nearly 30% of America's poor. Poverty often times breeds crime and discontentment.
DRUGS & CRIME Drugs are a major contributing factor to the on average, 6342 black on black murders that occur annually. This total of all U.S. soldiers killed during the 2 Gulf wars, across 2 countries, and over the 5 combined years is 4646. We kill 1696 more of our own per year than the gulf war has killed of all U.S. citizens in all combined years. Discontentment oftentimes breeds drug use and the disire for the fast track to prosperity. http://www.ojp.gov/bjs/homicide/ageracesex.htm
