What Now For Blacks

Long before the landslide reelection of Ronald Reagan, and even before the 1980 election, it was obvious that the black community was in terrible trouble. Crime was so rampant that we had become more afraid of one another than we used to be of wild beasts. The black family—where our children were once raised to respect themselves and their elders—had fallen apart. Teenage pregnancies were increasing by leaps and bounds. Our schools had become blackboard jungles. Our young men were filling up the prisons—or joining the armed forces—so that more and more black women must try to raise children without a father in the home.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website

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