Why are so many young black men so quick to anger, to lash out and kill?

 Huckleberries in the Hood - American Thinker   

"They have implemented policies that have replaced black fathers with Uncle Sam.  The results of those policies are manifested in the actions of the huckleberries in every hood across America."

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. . . "It certainly isn’t police in the neighborhoods.  If nothing else, blacks want more police presence in the hood.  And it certainly isn’t white “racism.”  If anything, black murder and crime were much lower before the Civil Rights movement, when white racism against blacks really did exist.

"No doubt there are many reasons for the violence.  However, far and away, the single largest contributing factor is lack of fathers in the home.  Every research study clearly shows a direct link between fathers not in the home and negative outcomes of the children.  Children raised in fatherless homes are likely to be less educated (the kids drop out of school), multiple times more likely to go to prison (without an education, the kids resort to crime), four times more likely to be raised in poverty (two incomes are better than one), and much more likely to have behavioral issues — low self-esteem, delinquent behavior, mood disorders, get in with the wrong crowd, unable to resolve conflicts, and the like.

"The behavior issues should surprise no one.  Without a responsible male role model, young males never learn how to resolve simple disagreements.  Also, a young child often blames himself if his father abandons the family with thoughts such as “Daddy left because he doesn’t like me.”  Imagine the guilt a child bears when abandoned by a parent.  He simply doesn’t understand adult dynamics and internalizes that abandonment.  With low self-esteem, young girls become sexually promiscuous, leading to babies being born to very young girls and boys joining gangs to find a sense of belonging.  And the cycle repeats — gang-bangers (some as young as fourteen) get women pregnant, end up in prison, and their children are raised fatherless.  Sadly, about 75% of black children are born to unmarried women, and about 66% of black children are raised in single-parent households, the vast majority of those by single women.

"To understand the dynamics of both parents, all one has to do is observe the differences between how most women interact with children versus men.  The mother asks the child, “Johnny, do you want to eat your carrots?”  Of course, he says, “No!,” and the father firmly says, “You’re sitting here until you eat those carrots.”  When disciplining, the woman tells the child, three or four times, to do something.  The man sternly says, “Look at me when I’m talking.  Do you want a whooping?  Then do what you’re told.”  Mothers and fathers both contribute to the whole child." . . .