Reddit mentions of The Myth of the Missing Black Father

Here, why don't you read a BOOK

https://www.amazon.ca/Myth-Missing-Black-Father/dp/0231143532

The MYTH is perpetuated because they measure absentness by marriage and cohabitation, rather than ACTUAL INVOLVEMENT.

See:

This CNN article which includes data from THE CDC.

https://www.cnn.com/2015/07/20/opinions/arnold-black-fathers/index.html

Bro, that's the abstract of a 400-page book.

Anyhow, step back and apply your same reasoning to the 80% figure. You took "73% of black children are born out of wedlock" and turned it into "almost 80% of single family homes". WHAT?

Here's a nice little <10min video that explains a thing or two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-nYUUhigTU

Anyhow, you can't say "many black fathers are missing" with trying to account for where they went. Mass incarceration and the popular myth of black fathers running out on their kids are two sides of the same coin. You also have to look at how rampant poverty affects these communities, how history has shaped the systems that are in place today, and how policy choices have impacted these communities disproportionately.

Writing it all off as just "black fathers are less responsible" is just a post-hoc rationalization for justifying a pretty shitty system, if you ask me.