Moynihan’s Ghost

In 1965, Daniel Patrick Moynihan sounded an alarm about the rising rates of illegitimacy in the black community (about 24 percent at the time). The collapse of the black family, he contended, would have devastating consequences. Branded as a racist for merely stating facts, Moynihan was drummed into silence. Forty-three years later, he’s a prophet. Seventy-five percent of black babies in the United States are born to unmarried mothers.

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