1965
24% of black children born out-of-wedlock
3% of white children born out-of-wedlock
2012
73% of black children born out-of-wedlock
53% of Latino children born out-of-wedlock
29% of white children born out-of-wedlock
Out-of-wedlock rates:
70% for high school dropouts
51% for high school graduates
34% for persons with some college
8% for college graduates
50% for women under 30
KKK Membership in Colorado sharply increasing
Number of white supremacist groups active in Colorado - 12
Santorum winning primaries
Nice propaganda trick there, linking the KKK and white supremacy to Rick Santorum. LOL! ABC news couldn't have done it better!
ReplyDeleteBizzy - no propaganda intended - honestly, I just choose a few facts in the news that I had been reading. However, you make a good point. Although I doubt that Santorum is a racist, the KKK vote will go primarily to him; I doubt that Obama is a racist, but the black Muslim vote will go to him. I know that some in my extended family still express both overt and sub rosa racist beliefs that are exacerbated by having a black president.
ReplyDeleteThere are lots of disconcerting facts out there - this was just a small sample :-)
Ha! Ha! Bizzy hasn't entered the fray yet!
ReplyDeleteSorry about that - I was reading Bizzy's comments elsewhere and got confused - easy to do for us old farts. So KB, apologies!!!
ReplyDeleteThose statistics indicate the country will not soon run short on teen sluts, gang bangers, welfare recipients, and prison inmates.
ReplyDeleteIt will be interesting to see if the guys who write the Freakonomics books comment on these data. What is missing from the 'tidbits' is how many of the out-of-wedlock births are actually in families with stable relationships sans the blessings of the church or the documents from the state.
ReplyDeleteThere are people, like Gary Busey, who have long term relationships with their shack jobs, er, fiancees, and issue bastard spawn. Those relationships provide a semblance of security for the child. However, statistically, those relationships don't fare as well as regular marriages, which nowadays don't fare too well at all.
ReplyDeleteThe term "racist" is so overused and wrongly used that in my mind it has become meaningless.
ReplyDeleteBizzy - good point. I suppose that at some level, all folks have some sort of racial bias. However, when I use the term, it means using derogatory, mocking language based solely on race, actively discriminating against someone because of race, and generally expressing superiority over others of different racial backgrounds. Interestingly, there is still an ongoing scientific discussion of whether or not human races exist, as recently discussed here: http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/are-there-human-races/
ReplyDeleteBetter for the KKK to vote for Santorum than vote for the crawling snake that currently occupies the White House.
ReplyDeleteThankfully the KKK voting block is quite small :-) Santorum has really shot himself in the foot by staying from economic issues to social issues. Even the Kraut Hammer has pointed out that focusing on social issues detracts from his campaign especially using not-so-wise derogatory descriptors of Kennedy's separation of church and state remarks and Obama's desire that a college education should be available to all folks.
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