User:Ed Poor/black poverty

Black poverty particularly in America has been the object of much spilled ink, the topic of much air time, and the target of much social agitation and legislation. Various scholars have disagreed on the causes. Some Democrats, such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan, blamed the legacy of slavery for removing black men from the head of the family and subjecting the black family to a sort of matriarchy which has not been conducive to middle class prosperity.

""Three centuries of sometimes unimaginable mistreatment have taken their toll on the Negro people," Moynihan explained, and the result was that without special efforts on the part of government many Negroes would not be able to compete on equal terms with the members of other racial and ethnic groups in America. The Moynihan Report, US Dept. of Labor"

Other scholars blame the economic system itself.

See also:
 * Man out of the house (welfare rule)