Are Black Men Lazy?

For most of my life I have heard that black men are lazy layabouts. That is not what I have seen.

Part of the story of people of color is that black men were systematically barred from entry to the labor market. Only black women were hired and then at slave wages.

Eventually the government came to the rescue and introduced welfare. The catch was that welfare was not available if there was a husband around. He should get a job and support his family. But they would not hire him. Or if they did it was at wages too low to support a family but too high to qualify for subsistence. So the men had to leave for their families to have food and shelter.