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> mostly fatherless slave descendent families It's my understanding that this one is less about the legacy of slavery per se, and more just a feature of povert
by RajT88 3y ago
> mostly fatherless slave descendent families
It's my understanding that this one is less about the legacy of slavery per se, and more just a feature of poverty.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoSlavery systematically destroyed the family unit of slaves because it was a risk to the power structure. If there was any indication of healthy family structures forming they would split for children and men from women.
- onos 3y agoBut blacks had high marriage rates until relatively recently. https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2012/demo/SEHSD-WP2012-12.pdf https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-pa...
- RajT88 3y agoThat's not quite what that study says...
- RajT88 3y agoSlavery did that for sure. But one wouldn't reasonably expect that to continue, no? The critics who say "slavery was a long time ago" have a point on this one. Humans getting married is very normal - if you disrupt that for a generation or two, you'd still expect it to resume. We are many generations past slavery.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoThe cultural forces behind monogamous family units has weakened quite a bit. It's not super surprising that they can't pick themselves up by their boot straps in short order.