Black Men - Stop Blaming Black Mothers for the Failures of our Children [VID. 2]

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I will be discussing the Lie being told in Black Communities throughout the United States that it is Black Mothers who are responsible for the failure of our Black Daughters.

In the United States of America, we have a "Fatherless Generation of Men aka Fatherless Epidemic". In Black Communities within the United States of American it is a "Lie and Disingenuous" to suggest that Black Mothers are the cause and effect of the failure of our Black Children.

We have a "Fatherless Epidemic" not a "Motherless Epidemic" within the United States!!!

***Statistics

*63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average.
*90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.
*85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control)
*80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
*71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)

*Father Factor in Education – Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are 70% less likely to drop out of school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to get A’s in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities.
*75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.

*Father Factor in Drug and Alcohol Abuse – Researchers at Columbia University found that children living in two-parent household with a poor relationship with their father are 68% more likely to smoke, drink, or use drugs compared to all teens in two-parent households. Teens in single mother households are at a 30% higher risk than those in two-parent households.

*70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988)
*85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Fulton Co. Georgia, Texas Dept. of Correction)

***Source - The Fatherless Generation: https://thefatherlessgeneration.wordpress.com/statistics/

***Additional Articles & Research Studies

1) - America First Policy Institute: https://americafirstpolicy.com/latest/issue-brief-fatherlessness-and-its-effects-on-american-society#:~:text=According%20to%20data%20from%202022,U.S.%20Census%20Bureau%2C%202022

2) - The Extent of Fatherlessness: https://fathers.com/the-extent-of-fatherlessness/

3) - Less Poverty, Less Prison, More College: What Two Parents Mean For Black and White Children: https://ifstudies.org/blog/less-poverty-less-prison-more-college-what-two-parents-mean-for-black-and-white-children

4) - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/population/qa01202.asp?qaDate=2022#:~:text=Between%201980%20and%202022%2C%20the,as%20in%201980%20(42.2%25)

5) - Prison Policy Initiative: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/race_and_ethnicity/#:~:text=Key%20Statistics%3A,who%20are%20Black%3A%2038%25%20%2B

6) - Prison Policy Initiative: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2023.html#:~:text=Drug%20offenses%20still%20account%20for,of%20the%20federal%20prison%20system

7) - 48 Divorce Statistics in the U.S. Including Divorce Rate, Race, & Marriage Length: https://divorce.com/blog/divorce-statistics/