On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:51 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dude, you agreed with me and Sam...in the same day! > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Eric Roberts > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I feel dirty...I agree with Sam on this...I need a shower...ewww > > > At least pick something worthy of agreeing to. http://www.mediaite.com/online/michele-bachmann-signed-pledge-says-black-children-worse-off-under-obama-than-during-slavery/ For my money, this is where the story gets *really* disgusting. The study that they cite<http://www.americanvalues.org/pdfs/consequences_of_marriage.pdf>was published in 2005, which means that any comparison to slavery must be made, not with our first black president, but with our 43rd *white* one. Furthermore, the data in the study only dates back to 1880, which means they not only had to stretch their pretzel to include Barack Obama, but also to conflate the data with slavery. They appear to be basing their conclusion on these two points from the study: in 1880 and 1910 about 56.3 percent of Black and 66.9 percent of White households were nuclear households (page 8) According to the latest data, only 35 percent of Black children live with married parents whereas 76 percent of White children do. (page 9) Any nuclear households in 1880 would have contained exactly zero children born into slavery in 1860, or out of slavery, because they would all have been 20 years old by then. This is important, because it demonstrates a specific intent, not just to make a revoltingly stupid comparison between the slave era and the present day (black homelessness was probably lower in slave states, too), but to tie that comparison to our first black presiden ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:340125 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
