It’s parenting NOT systemic racism

The problems of poverty, pathology and inequality in the United States are not primarily due to poor schools, discrimination, or low incomes. The primary cause is parents. Parents without time, skills or values are the most significant problem. 

And being a single parent must make it much much more difficult. 

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/05/the-parent-trap-review-of-hilger.html