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New studies by researchers from Columbia, Princeton and Harvard again found that young Blacks in their 20s and 30s are more likely to be jobless, tossed in jail, join gangs, father children out of wedlock, kill other young Blacks, and pillage their communities in far higher numbers than young white or Hispanic men do theirs. The studies also found that young Black men tumbled further into the social and economic abyss during the 1990s when billions were spent on welfare overhaul that actually helped lift many Black women out of poverty.
The crisis among young Black men can't be totally blamed on [Bush]'s dubious fiscal and economic policies. During the Clinton era economic boom, the unemployment rate for young Black males was still double, and in some parts of the country, triple that of white males. At the same time, state and federal cutbacks in job training and skills programs, the brutal competition for low and semi skilled service and retail jobs from immigrants, and the refusal of many employers to hire those with criminal records have sledge hammered Black communities.It's true that many employers refuse to hire young Black males because of racial fear and ignorance, and police still engage in low grade racial profiling of young Blacks on city streets. It's also true that many young Blacks feed that fear and ignorance by their own actions, and the studies made only passing mention of that. The urban riots of the 1990s reinforced white fears that all young Black males are inherent drive-by-shooters, gang bangers, drug dealers, are lazy, have foul attitudes, are chronic underachievers, and eternal menaces to society.See the full content of this document
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Young Black Men Are Endangered
New studies by researchers from Columbia, Princeton and Harvard again found that young Blacks in their 20s and 30s are more likely to be jobless, tossed in jail, join gangs, father children out of wedlock, kill other young Blacks, and pillage their communities ...
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