*raises hand*

He said single parent homes are the biggest problem in the black community. I don't see how applies to you, puppy.

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It is my opinion that Wayne Brady is not really black.

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Two hours and nobody's said it yet? I guess I have to do everything around here...

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a *****?

I am for open dialogue and discussions, but I got a problem with broad blanket statements, PP.

I know black attorneys, doctors, etc. who happen to either 1. be raised in a single parent home or 2. are raising a kid on their own. They aren't criminals. Divorce and family problems aren't exclusive to the black community.

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Get off yours. Blanket statements/opinions are in part why we as a country can't move forward together.

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I'm good where I'm at.

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It is my opinion that Wayne Brady is not really black.

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Two hours and nobody's said it yet? I guess I have to do everything around here...

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a *****?

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Look again.

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If Scimi were elected POTUS and got rid of welfare, I would provide daily blowies to him or the designee of his choice if LSG did not approve.

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Get off yours. Blanket statements/opinions are in part why we as a country can't move forward together.

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so is continually finding a few exceptions to dismiss what's otherwise statistically shown

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Link please.

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It is my opinion that Wayne Brady is not really black.

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Two hours and nobody's said it yet? I guess I have to do everything around here...

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a *****?

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Look again.

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Unless it was edited out, no one else said it.

Don't forget the impact that the lack of a positive male role model has on young boys.

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Get off yours. Blanket statements/opinions are in part why we as a country can't move forward together.

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so is continually finding a few exceptions to dismiss what's otherwise statistically shown

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Link please.

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I don't subscribe to your generation's notion that I have to be provided a link to give something validity. Nor do I subsribe to the notion that everything on the internet is necessarily true.

Statistically speaking, it's been well-documented that single-parent households have lower economic standing and higher incidences of living at or near poor than homes in which two parents are present.

To that end, lower economic standing, particularly in cases where standard of living is low, tends to lead to criminal activity to help make ends meet.

Couple that with the fact that the one parent is more preoccupied with providing for the family, and the child(ren) are often left with no role model to teach them right from wrong.

There are always exceptions. Treating them as the rule only exacerbates the problem. Hence the difference between arguing with facts vs. feelings.

Feel free to use Google for more information.

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Asking you to prove up a claim/statement has nothing to do with my generation, and assuming such says a lot about yours in terms of making statements sound like fact when they may be opinion. It has to do with showing facts as to a statement that may be an opinion, but such statement is relayed to others as a fact. You mentioned a statement and statistics, and I merely ask for the statistics backing up your statement before I take it as truth.

I will agree that "it's well-documented that single-parent households have lower economic standing and higher incidences of living at or near poor than homes in which two parents are present." because I have read studies on this, but I would like to see some statistic (as you stated) or study that concludes that it alone and directly leads to criminal activity before I take your statement as a fact. You presented the statement so it's on you to prove it up. Feel free to use Google as well.

Except for the fact that I never said, nor implied, that it "alone" led to criminal activity

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Except for the fact that I never said, nor implied, that it "alone" led to criminal activity

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Your statement: "the never-ending cycle of single-parent homes leads to lower economic prospects, encouraging people to turn to crime to make ends meet."does imply it.

Like I said earlier, my problem is with blanket statements and with no "backing up" of such statements.

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Except for the fact that I never said, nor implied, that it "alone" led to criminal activity

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Your statement: "the never-ending cycle of single-parent homes leads to lower economic prospects, encouraging people to turn to crime to make ends meet."does imply it.

Like I said earlier, my problem is with blanket statements and with no "backing up" of such statements.

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No, it really doesn't. You sure want it to, though.

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so is continually finding a few exceptions to dismiss what's otherwise statistically shown

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Link please.

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I don't subscribe to your generation's notion that I have to be provided a link to give something validity. Nor do I subsribe to the notion that everything on the internet is necessarily true.

Statistically speaking, it's been well-documented that single-parent households have lower economic standing and higher incidences of living at or near poor than homes in which two parents are present.

To that end, lower economic standing, particularly in cases where standard of living is low, tends to lead to criminal activity to help make ends meet.

Couple that with the fact that the one parent is more preoccupied with providing for the family, and the child(ren) are often left with no role model to teach them right from wrong.

There are always exceptions. Treating them as the rule only exacerbates the problem. Hence the difference between arguing with facts vs. feelings.

Feel free to use Google for more information.

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Asking you to prove up a claim/statement has nothing to do with my generation, and assuming such says a lot about yours in terms of making statements sound like fact when they may be opinion. It has to do with showing facts as to a statement that may be an opinion, but such statement is relayed to others as a fact. You mentioned a statement and statistics, and I merely ask for the statistics backing up your statement before I take it as truth.

I will agree that "it's well-documented that single-parent households have lower economic standing and higher incidences of living at or near poor than homes in which two parents are present." because I have read studies on this, but I would like to see some statistic (as you stated) or study that concludes that it alone and directly leads to criminal activity before I take your statement as a fact. You presented the statement so it's on you to prove it up. Feel free to use Google as well.

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You dismiss what is shown to be a contributing factor and causally linked by millions of child psychologists because you now claim you need it to be proven to be a more immediate factor?

I sure hope you didn't take any statistics classes at TAMU. Stat 651 and Stat 652 would absolutely make a mockery of you.

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Except for the fact that I never said, nor implied, that it "alone" led to criminal activity

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Your statement: "the never-ending cycle of single-parent homes leads to lower economic prospects, encouraging people to turn to crime to make ends meet."does imply it.

Like I said earlier, my problem is with blanket statements and with no "backing up" of such statements.

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and yet, you already conceded that

To be clear, I realize this is an emotional subject for you, but IDGAF if your feelings are hurt or are offended. This issue has been shown as a key (but not only) reason for economic disadvantage...disadvantage has been linked to crime...and the select practice of law to prosecute certain crimes and perpetrators of the same can also be debated.

In the end, there is no one-size-fits-all to explain everything....but this does need to be part of the narrative.

I've got better things to do than research for you. Feel free to keep your head in the sand or whatever safe space you prefer while the country burns around you. At least you can be happy that you weren't handed any "proof" (ignoring the fact that it's all around you).

My feelings aren't hurt one bit, Scimi. But if you're going to make a statement that you say is statistically based, it's on you to show those statistics if someone asks for them. I didn't make the statement. I don't go around the internet and the world believing everything someone says just because they say it's factually/statistically proven.

That's the problem with society these days. No one questions anything.

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That's the problem with society these days. No one questions anything.

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Like, say, sensational media reports??

Gracias.

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My feelings aren't hurt one bit, Scimi. But if you're going to make a statement that you say is statistically based, it's on you to show those statistics if someone asks for them. I didn't make the statement. I don't go around the internet and the world believing everything someone says just because they say it's factually/statistically proven.

That's the problem with society these days. No one questions anything.

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And yet when they do question they spend the majority of their time on stupid things and thus the true reason we can't move ahead.

You agreed with his point above that single parents on average are likely closer to the poverty line than that of others yet you continue to argue. So what are you arguing about?

It's been said this doesn't fit every case.

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Boom!!

Mic drop...

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/39993685/ns/health-womens_health/t/blacks-struggle-percent-unwed-mothers-rate/#.UhuxQWQ6UTg

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Statistics show just what that fullness means. Children of unmarried mothers of any race are more likely to perform poorly in school, go to prison, use drugs, be poor as adults, and have their own children out of wedlock.

The black community's 72 percent rate eclipses that of most other groups: 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, 53 percent of Hispanics and 66 percent of Native Americans were born to unwed mothers in 2008, the most recent year for which government figures are available. The rate for the overall U.S. population was 41 percent.

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Gracias

Hey Poovey, your mom was a single mom.

Root Causes of Violent Crime

I am not vouching for heritage.org.

My mother is Mother Theresa and Donna Reed in one. The only reason I am not 100% evil is her.

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Thanks a lot Obama

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I never get this, unless it's sarcasm but even then there's some sentiment of he actually "f-ed this country up" behind the statement. Things were f-ed up well before Obama. Easier access to media and social media now just brings more "awareness" to things.

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This way of thinking....thanks Obama.