INDEED,A Walter Rodney'
points out in his cl ic work
How Europe Underdeveloped
Africa, the continent's current
condition of underdevelopment
is a clear consequence of the rape
and pillage of Africa by Europe
and Europeans.
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others. "Hall of Fame" states in
clude Delaware, Massachu etts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsyl-
vania, Quth- D ;
Washington State, Wi n-
sin. "Hall of Shame" states in
elude Arizona, the District of
Columbia, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Tennessee, nd T xas
States were included in th "H 11
of Shame" because they ranked
at the bottom ofth sta in two
or more key measures of hild
support performances, urh
percentage of cases with p t r
nity established or coIl ct ions
made.
In addition to famili reak-
ing up, the fact that mor than
one offour children is born out of
wedlock isn't helping the prob
lem of inadequate child upport .
Yet improvements can b m d
by following the lead of Virginia
and Washington State. Be ch
dramatically increased their
rate establishing paternity by
pioneering hospital-ba ed pro
grams which encourage fathers
to voluntarily acknowledge th
paternity of their children born
out of wedlock.
Improving the child support
enforcement system will r ui re
making the federal governm nt
responsible for collecting sup
port and leaving th blish d
of paternity and the support 0 -
ligation to the stat .
Also, a child support as ur
ance system must guarant
children a minimum 1 v I f sup
port when the gov rnm nt i un
able to collect it on th ir half.
The federal gov rnm nt ru \.I
help states locate abs nt p n
and collect support, w 11
ensure that ch st t h th
staff and resour to do th . j b
well.
o OUR childr n
lives in a single-pa nt f: mily.
While the governm nt 111 us do
its part 0 enfor upport for
these children, it is equ 11y as
that parents ta�e.moral and p .r
sonal r ponsibility for th chil
dren th y brin in 0 hi world
It is a tragedy and n out.r
'that a child might hun ! If
you are a parent, r rn mb r tha
is the most important callingyou
have. Do not have children until
you are r ady to care for th m
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1 dmg l}()LC fflr rh cldrrn, lind Cl leut r
of the H!u.ck Commurut em -ade f(Jr
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leau no child behuid ,,'(}r additumal
m{tJl7lw/ tan. on hOI flU C(ln help, tull
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