It’s also false, according to the data, that single-parent families are holding back black boys. It’s something else. I started a thread about it a while back: Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys (NYT article) - #7 by iiandyiiii
This is what the data shows: black boys raised by two parents at income X are no more likely to be financially successful (as compared to white boys) than black boys raised by a single mother at income X. Of course, with two parents in the home, incomes are likely to be higher, but this is no different for white or black boys. Whatever is affecting black boys and men is separate from this phenomenon, according to this data.
In other words, whatever is holding back black boys is holding back black boys who are raised by two parents in the home in about the same amount as it’s holding back those black boys raised by a single parent.