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Elder: Black Fathers Matter

Aaron Bandler

Radio host Larry Elder explains in Prager University’s latest video that “fathers matter,” and the lack of fathers is a serious threat to the black community.

According to Elder, out-of-wedlock births increased in the black community from 25 percent in 1965 to 73 percent in 2015, while also increasing among whites from 5 percent to 25 percent across the same time period. Overall, the percentage of American children who grew up without fathers increased from 5 percent in 1960 to 41 percent in 1995.

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