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Black Professor Says It’s Welfare, Not Slavery, That Decimated US Black Families (www.independentsentinel.com)
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– wholeonions 12 points ago +12 / -0

Another factor, that I don't see talked about much these days, is the crack epidemic of the 80s and 90s. Between the effects of the drug itself, violence resulting from it's distribution, and the incarceration of black men, it's no wonder families couldn't survive in that environment. One way or another, they end up a slave: to the drug, to the prison system, or to welfare.

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– Mynamesprivate 3 points ago +3 / -0

Then the rap culture exploded around the early 90s, turning alot of lyrically minded gang bangers into millionaires and role models for black kids. I heard that one reason rap became so popular was to get black people to be part of the prison industrial complex.

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