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I think that being raised in a single parent home is a stronger predictor of future jail time than race.

Today over 70% are born into a single parent home.

So what changed from 1960 when only 22% of black children were raised with only one parent to 1985 when 67% were?

Pointing to slavery doesn't fit, as slavery ended long before 1960.

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Re In 1960, before this expansion of the welfare state, 22 percent of black children were raised with only one parent. By 1985, 67 percent of black...
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