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“social support” is what caused the problem in the first place.

• Wiseacre 5y ago
  If I'm not mistaken they never received any kind of reparations, so they've been a permanent underclass since slavery.
  • truffdog 5y ago
    He is referring to 20th century social services meant to fix slums, that wound up making marriage something that could get you kicked out of public housing and on-books work something that could get you kicked off financial support. This is often blamed for making everything worse and contributing to the social disaster zones that were the large public housing projects in northern cities.
    • dr_dshiv 5y ago
      Any links or references to share? Does this have a name?
      • truffdog 5y ago
        The Pruitt-Igoe Myth is a pretty accessible introduction to one of the most notorious public housing disasters in the US. It was available on Netflix at some point. The name for welfare discouraging marriage is "the marriage penalty", but it's a general policy thing that people still argue about, so I couldn't find anything good about the old AFDC marriage penalties on short notice. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/wedding-bell-blues-marriage-and-welfare-reform/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/wedding-bell-blues-marria... does a quick outline in passing.
      • wrycoder 5y ago
        It's a big topic. Some entries here: https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies-12872.html https://www.city-journal.org/html/black-family-40-years-lies...