You don't think two centuries of segregation, most of it supported by - and codified by - government policy could have an impact on the outcomes of African Americans today?
Really?
You don't think barring them from the primary method of wealth accumulation in the United States for a forty year period could impact their outcomes?
Really?
I don't believe that those things have anywhere near the negative impact on today's black Americans as the government policies that provide the means for the destruction of the nuclear black family have. The government has made fathers less important by taking over the role of breadwinner. Society has fostered the victimization role for blacks and then we're surprised that people allow themselves to be limited by it. The policies of low expectations have done more damage to American black families than anything else.
There are just as many or more white and hispanic families receiving TANF as black families. The fundamental difference is that white families don't bring a two century history of segregation into the mix as well. It's really quite hard to deny that getting a 200 year head-start on wealth accumulation is extremely beneficial to whites.
Unless you know of some way to change the past, then in order to move forward, people are going to have to let the past go and deal with the realities of today. Today the policies of low expectations are devastating to black families. An illegitimacy rate of 72% is disastrous and needs to be unacceptable.
What is it that you think will help American black families be more successful?