The Positive Numbers About Young Black Men! There are so many conversations nationally about young African-American males.Tragedies occur to kids like Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown and the first thing people want to mention are the negative statistics about black men. I recently heard people debating about the Mike Brown case and someone mentioned “he wasn’t a good kid”. Most recently at the Oscars John Legend stated “that there are more black men under the control of the incarceration system now than there were black men enslaved in 1850.” Below are some statistics that paint a positive picture of Young African American males. Check out the graphs in the gallery. More info after the jump.
The Positive Numbers About Young Black Men! There have been many debates and discussions about a certain fear people have of young black men maybe this will help eliminate some of that fear.
■9 out of 10 black people 12 or older currently don’t use illicit drugs.
■ 93% don’t suffer from substance abuse issues.
■ 7 out of 10 black fathers ages 15 to 44 who live with their children bathe, dress, diaper, or help their child use the toilet daily — the highest ratio by race.
■ Black high school graduates are 3x more likely to be in college or employed than unemployed.
■ Black fathers ages 15 to 44 had the highest rates of helping children with homework and taking them to and from activities of any race.
■ 6 out of 10 black young adults 25 to 29 (compared to 18 percent in 1971) have at least some college — the same ratio as the national average.
■ 4 out of 5 black fathers living with their children read to them.
