The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America (1986)

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"Timothy" was a hardworking Blackman before you saw him in this video. He used to work 2 and 3 jobs to provide a home he could "own" for his family :sas2:until he realized it was all for naught
 

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@No_bammer_weed, did you watch the vid? you once mocked me for claiming there's a segment of black women that choose to be single mothers because of the welfare state. ironically, here's a documentary from 1986 detailing just that. how come you didn't drop an opinion in this thread? whats your take on the situation?
 

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@No_bammer_weed, did you watch the vid? you once mocked me for claiming there's a segment of black women that choose to be single mothers because of the welfare state. ironically, here's a documentary from 1986 detailing just that. how come you didn't drop an opinion in this thread? whats your take on the situation?

He'll find some way to attack Black men.
 

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Not a lot of discussion on this video. I just saw it this morning and I found it to be profound.

A couple takeaways...

...Seems like the woman has A LOT more responsibility than she wants to take credit for.
This video was from 1986, yet NOTHING has changed.
That first few minutes of this video should be a wake up call for our community...
 

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It's crazy that this literally came out 30 years ago (right around Super Bowl XX) and nothing has changed.
 

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And in another 30 it wont either
This is why I said they coimmuniy is done and not work saving. I'm not telling brothers to divest but like the Prophet Dr. Amos WIlson (pbuh): there's no universal law that states things HAVE to get better. It didn't for the Native Americans, gypsies in EU and may not happen here.
 
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