Rocket88
2008-06-19 09:16:49
Your citation to the Coley study is misleading. According to the 1997 Statistical Abstract of the United States (sorry, I couldn’t find more recent data), 57.7% of all black children are raised in fatherless homes, as opposed to 20.9% of white children and 31.8% of Hispanic children.
So yes, in response to your rhetorical question, the majority of black fathers do appear to be absentee.
I agree — poverty may be a key figure in that statistic. But that underscores another problem: don’t have children you can’t support.
