ALl RISE!
This mornings lesson:
White people, Shut the Fuck up about Black Single Parent Families.
Now we will look at the poverty rates of two parent families by race during the time frame, 1959-2020.
In 1959 the poverty rate for all American families was 20.8 percent. For white families it was 16.5 percent, for black families, 54.9 percent. During the time so many have declared that the black family had mom and dad at home, black families lived at triple the poverty of whites, 3.33 time that of white families to be exact. In 1966, the American poverty rate was 13.1 percent. For white families the poverty rate was 9.7 percent, for black families, 40.9 percent. In 1966 black family poverty was 4.2 times that of white families. In 1974 the poverty rate for all American families was 9.9 percent. Poverty for Black families was 29.3 percent. For Whites 7.3 percent. Black family poverty was 4 times that of whites 10 years after the Civil Rights Act was passed. In 1984, the poverty rate for all American families was 13.1 percent. For Black families it was 33.3 percent, Whites 10.1 percent. Black family poverty was 3.29 times that of whites 20 years after the civil rights act was passed. Again, this is poverty that is measured in 2 parent families according to the United States Census.
In 2004 the poverty rate for all American families was 11 percent. For white families it was 9 percent, black families, 23.8 percent. We are now at 40 years since the Civil Rights Act. These numbers are well with our lifetimes. In 2004 black family poverty was 2.64 times that of a white family. In 2014, the American poverty rate was 12.7 percent. For white families the poverty rate was 10.7 percent, for black families, 24.6 percent. 50 years had passed since the Civil Rights Act was passed and black families still lived with at least double the rate of poverty. In 2014 that number was 2.3 times that of white families. In 2020 the poverty rate for all American families was 9.5 percent. Poverty for black families was 17.4 percent, white families 8.2 percent. Despite increases in educational attainment and breakthroughs at every level of American society, in 2020 black family poverty was 2 times that of white families. We are now at 58 years since civil rights were mandated by law. This is not happening because black children are living in homes without a father. This situation is not about the failure of “black culture” or of so-called liberal handout policies.
U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, 1960 to 2021 Annual Social and Economic Supplements (CPS ASEC).
Table 2. Poverty Status of People by Family Relationship, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1959 to 2020,
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/data/historical/people.html