African American Family Structure

First Key Point The lack of family structure is one of the major factors that contribute to the crime epidemic in the African American community. Family structure is the way in which the child and or children are raised. The mother and father play a significant role in the growth and development of children. Majority of Hispanic families are traditional. Meaning the family is raised by the biological parents. Compared to the African American family structure in today’s society where the families are not traditional, due to the increase of single parent homes. In the year 2010, 49 percent of single parent homes were in existence (Black Children Not Hurt by Single-Parent homes/www.nbc10.com).
Many of our African American families
The reason for this is because the lack of education. In today’s society a person needs more then a high school education to succeed in life. This problem is contributing to the crime epidemic because a person is going to do what is necessary to survive. For example, a person will steal and murder to make ends meet. Instead of adding to the crime rate many of African Americans need to devote themselves to school or some type of education. Education is the key to a success of well
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial: Black Male dropouts. “Nationally 12 percent of black males, ages 16 to 24, were dropouts, compared with 6 percent for white males. The high school dropout rate for black males was 53 percent in Philadelphia in 2005.” According to the Manhattan Institute study, “Leaving Boys Behind: Public High School Graduation Rates.” The gender gap was wider, this is because 59 percent of African American female students graduated compare to only 48 percent of their male counterparts. Between the year 2005 and 2010 in the city of Philadelphia, only “two-thirds of African American females finish high school in six years and about half of the males do” ( Philadelphia Public School Notebook). In six years more than “60 percent of Latino students finish high school- 40 percent of black students, 40 percent of Whites’, and 30 percent of Asians” (Philadelphia Public School Notebook). These statistics show that all ethnic groups have many peers who are or will be in high school dropouts. However, there are many reasons why this crisis is occurring in the African American