What causes black men to abandon their family? Is it because of poverty?
Low_Instruction4946 on
I’d also be interested in knowing what percentages of households have no parents and what percentage of households are simply single individuals.
Chef_Sizzlipede on
you can tell where the black majority counties are, to an extent.
its sad, over in my county its largely due to predatory welfare and other government programs that encourage you to nut and bolt as both black single men and black mothers with kids get astounding benefits, as well as the gang culture and drug problems.
Gunstopable on
This is such a dark statistic to see.
nanananaka117 on
Reminds me of that “how an ancient coastline influences election results” image.
AlabasterPelican on
This looks a lot like a former plantation heatmap. It’s also notable that Louisiana is the incarceration capital of the *world.* I wonder how much of Louisiana could be attributed to over incarceration and poverty?
MeTeakMaf on
SINGLE PARENT MEANS NOT MARRIED
Does not mean “not active in Child’s life”
Kannuc on
I’d love to know what ruined that one area in Michigan. Let’s ignore the south for a bit.
Happy-Koala-836 on
Missing fathers leads into dysfunctional families and broken communities. It’s really not difficult to understand this downward spiral.
popepsg on
Downvotecounty on
So the hot, single moms AREN’T in my area. I knew it
1sailingaway on
it’s cultural. And it’s increased and become an acceptable norm. This increased rate is not seen as problematic to enough people in these areas to change cultural norms. When society thinks it’s cool to be a Dad with different Moms or not be in the family home, it tends to drive behavior.
These rates have increased in some areas by quite a bit in the last 70 years. Identify increasing cultural trends that correlate in this period and you might find some causes.
SpiderLily_453 on
There seems to be a common thread here but i just can’t quite put my finger on it.
SpiderLily_453 on
This whole comment section is hilarious with everyone bending over backward to avoid drawing obvious conclusions.
Ill say it…….Take this map and overlay it with a map demographic.
not-a-dislike-button on
Look at a map of black people in the USA
PlayerTwo85 on
Choice-Interest-4600 on
Everyone is blaming poverty not the individuals. I got my girlfriend pregnant when we were both very young (21 and 23), and there was no way I was leaving. I was too damn poor to leave even if I wanted to. I couldnt afford to live on my own. Me and the mother of my child (now wife) needed each other.
Now we earn above average incomes, have a house, cars, another child, ect. If I split right away, we’d both surely be far worse off.
Seems to me it’s a cultural issue. Choices are being made and it’s leading to generations of suffering.
WIREDline86 on
Gd
The Mississippi alluvial plain aquafer is ruining nuclear famalies
Open_Drummer9730 on
Damn mostly African American and native American counties that’s crazy
UltimateWerewolf on
Everyone is debating about black single families in this post so correct me if I’m wrong but I’m trying to learn – does this area not also have a lot of poor whites? Those are always the couples you see on shows where teens get pregnant.
vxxn on
I dunno, but it looks to me like liberals are not responsible for the decline of marriage
DryBattle on
Nice to know that as a single dad I live in the perfect area to attract single moms.
All snark aside I am surprised it’s only 1/5.
HickoksTopGuy on
Oh! It’s the everything map again.
tsa-approved-lobster on
Do we know how this compares to other countries?
Mav21Fo on
Coincidentally a lot of these areas are majority African-American.
Skep__ on
Jarvis. Pull up a crime statistic map
BobertHillingtonIII on
Damn this overlays so perfect with another map that you’ll get yourself a Reddit ban for pointing it out
Chrnan6710 on
100 million year old coastline determines number of parents in household???
Virtual-Release1079 on
Would be interesting to overlay racial distribution as well
shysky999 on
i got an answer but i know most of yall wont like it
Hope-n-some-CH4NGE on
I’d wanna see the source for this. A lot of these statistics tend to conflate “unmarried” with “single mothers”, which is often untrue.
crumbledcabbages69 on
Modern women are basically in the impossible scenario of being it all for everyone and everything with a smile on their face or just rejecting almost all of it and being called bitter. Our society has outsourced all the sacrifices to the women, but it doesn’t think they deserve any credit, authority, or power for doing so.
cptchronic42 on
That statement means absolutely nothing when the single parent households skyrocketed after the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Prior to that the black single parent households were on par with whites.
In 1960 2/3 of black kids were raised by both parents. By the 80s that flipped to 60% of black kids are raised in single parent homes.
It’s a cultural issue. Not a systemic racism issue.
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What causes black men to abandon their family? Is it because of poverty?
I’d also be interested in knowing what percentages of households have no parents and what percentage of households are simply single individuals.
you can tell where the black majority counties are, to an extent.
its sad, over in my county its largely due to predatory welfare and other government programs that encourage you to nut and bolt as both black single men and black mothers with kids get astounding benefits, as well as the gang culture and drug problems.
This is such a dark statistic to see.
Reminds me of that “how an ancient coastline influences election results” image.
This looks a lot like a former plantation heatmap. It’s also notable that Louisiana is the incarceration capital of the *world.* I wonder how much of Louisiana could be attributed to over incarceration and poverty?
SINGLE PARENT MEANS NOT MARRIED
Does not mean “not active in Child’s life”
I’d love to know what ruined that one area in Michigan. Let’s ignore the south for a bit.
Missing fathers leads into dysfunctional families and broken communities. It’s really not difficult to understand this downward spiral.
So the hot, single moms AREN’T in my area. I knew it
it’s cultural. And it’s increased and become an acceptable norm. This increased rate is not seen as problematic to enough people in these areas to change cultural norms. When society thinks it’s cool to be a Dad with different Moms or not be in the family home, it tends to drive behavior.
These rates have increased in some areas by quite a bit in the last 70 years. Identify increasing cultural trends that correlate in this period and you might find some causes.
There seems to be a common thread here but i just can’t quite put my finger on it.
This whole comment section is hilarious with everyone bending over backward to avoid drawing obvious conclusions.
[The Black Belt](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/2020_Census_-_Majority-Black_Counties_in_the_United_States.png)
Good ole’ Cretaceous coastline.
Ill say it…….Take this map and overlay it with a map demographic.
Look at a map of black people in the USA
Everyone is blaming poverty not the individuals. I got my girlfriend pregnant when we were both very young (21 and 23), and there was no way I was leaving. I was too damn poor to leave even if I wanted to. I couldnt afford to live on my own. Me and the mother of my child (now wife) needed each other.
Now we earn above average incomes, have a house, cars, another child, ect. If I split right away, we’d both surely be far worse off.
Seems to me it’s a cultural issue. Choices are being made and it’s leading to generations of suffering.
Gd
The Mississippi alluvial plain aquafer is ruining nuclear famalies
Damn mostly African American and native American counties that’s crazy
Everyone is debating about black single families in this post so correct me if I’m wrong but I’m trying to learn – does this area not also have a lot of poor whites? Those are always the couples you see on shows where teens get pregnant.
I dunno, but it looks to me like liberals are not responsible for the decline of marriage
Nice to know that as a single dad I live in the perfect area to attract single moms.
All snark aside I am surprised it’s only 1/5.
Oh! It’s the everything map again.
Do we know how this compares to other countries?
Coincidentally a lot of these areas are majority African-American.
Jarvis. Pull up a crime statistic map
Damn this overlays so perfect with another map that you’ll get yourself a Reddit ban for pointing it out
100 million year old coastline determines number of parents in household???
Would be interesting to overlay racial distribution as well
i got an answer but i know most of yall wont like it
I’d wanna see the source for this. A lot of these statistics tend to conflate “unmarried” with “single mothers”, which is often untrue.
Modern women are basically in the impossible scenario of being it all for everyone and everything with a smile on their face or just rejecting almost all of it and being called bitter. Our society has outsourced all the sacrifices to the women, but it doesn’t think they deserve any credit, authority, or power for doing so.
That statement means absolutely nothing when the single parent households skyrocketed after the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Prior to that the black single parent households were on par with whites.
In 1960 2/3 of black kids were raised by both parents. By the 80s that flipped to 60% of black kids are raised in single parent homes.
It’s a cultural issue. Not a systemic racism issue.