freeman3 wrote:I did not say that Trump said ALL Mexicans are rapists, etc. Please point out where I said that. The fact that he would describe an immigrant group as bringing crime, as saying they're rapists and then "I assume some of them are good people" is not just stupid, it's racist. And he got elected. This means a lot of people either supported his racist views regarding Mexicans or were willing to tolerate or excuse them.
Are you saying Trump is a racist or that he said some racist things? There is a difference.
I don't believe either to be true. You are casting them in the worst-possible light. I just think he's a lousy public speaker.
I also did not say that Jews and Asians do better because of genetics. Not only did I not say that but I specifically referenced cultural factors.
I was speaking of those excluded from "Jews and Asians."
As far as marriage and out-of-wedlock births, you have the chicken turning into an egg. Lack of jobs, lack of decent jobs causes a decline in marriage and increase in out-of-wedlock births--not the other way around. Get black men decent jobs and the social problems will take care of themselves.
I'm afraid it is you who has inverted things. Do you suppose black men had better jobs 50 years ago?
I don't. And yet the out-of-wedlock birthrate was 1/3 of what it is today. What has changed?
My answer: there is more welfare available and there is no social stigma whatsoever to having children sans marriage--or to being on welfare.
By the, way the white out-of-wedlock rate has increased from 3 percent to 29 percent in the past 50 years. I wonder if you control for income how black and white rates would compare?
I suspect there are variations at the top and bottom of the spectrum. Many rich people don't care about marriage.