The reliability of welfare or government aid is increasing rapidly year by year. What first started out at as a program to aid people who were making little to no income has become a dependency for some. In the black community welfare has become a lifestyle for many. The “socialist pimp” described by Star Parker is the reason why dependency is expanding to the younger generations. Relying on the government and others to fund their everyday needs is the only thing they know and it originates from their parents, who have imprinted their same mentality onto their children. African Americans in the United States today account for 13% of the population. The number of black households that are on the AFDC roll is 36.6%. That is an extremely high rate for a group of people who don’t even make up a fourth of the total population in the nation. Now as women are more eager to work, instead of converting to the traditional, stay at home role many family values are nonexistent. Divorce rates are at an all time high and single women are left to raise their families. Fathers are actually encouraged to leave their families so that they can receive their welfare benefits from the government. Situations like those do not give our kids a great example of what they should strive and achieve in life.
Star Parker continues to go on about her dislike of affirmative action. She explains how affirmative action did open doors for blacks that were not available once before, but our people began to rely on affirmative action to get them somewhere in life. This showed that the black race needed another form of government assistance for things we could do with some good, basic hard work. Abortion was another topic discussed by Star Parker. She believed that the mistakes of others shouldn’t be pinned on innocent tax payers. She calls organizations such as Planned Parenthood “legal genocide” and continues to say, “It’s my opinion that they are making a huge profit from dead flesh and that is a crime against humanity (Parker 137).”
In many states such as California, it is legal for a school nurse to refer a pregnant girl to an abortion clinic without the parent’s consent. The roles of families have been stripped in our society today and if they do not have a say in such a matter as taking one’s life, than what is really their role and purpose of being parents. Star Parker thinks it would be more beneficial to take the money that is used to fund programs, such as Planned Parenthood into making a group home that teaches young women responsibility, values, job skills, and self image. Parker believes organizations like those would dramatically decrease the rate of abortions and teen pregnancies. Dependency on the government and welfare is going to take a while to get rid of, but with innovative ideas and education to others, I believe change can happen in the future.
Star Parker continues to go on about her dislike of affirmative action. She explains how affirmative action did open doors for blacks that were not available once before, but our people began to rely on affirmative action to get them somewhere in life. This showed that the black race needed another form of government assistance for things we could do with some good, basic hard work. Abortion was another topic discussed by Star Parker. She believed that the mistakes of others shouldn’t be pinned on innocent tax payers. She calls organizations such as Planned Parenthood “legal genocide” and continues to say, “It’s my opinion that they are making a huge profit from dead flesh and that is a crime against humanity (Parker 137).”
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