Only 5.6 per cent of white babies were so born. Other statistics tell why black children have it rough. We have a lot of women who just don t have a place to live. Many people end up getting free food from our pantry, food that has been donated by the charity US for Africa, he says. The real problem is the gulf between poor and non-poor women and between black and white, comments Dr Michael Weitzman of Boston s Department of Health.
Blacks are no worse as mothers, but a greater percentage of blacks are poorer than anybody else .
The local fishermen are having to compete with newly arrived trawlers. Fish catches have declined rapidly, mainly because of over-fishing by the larger vessels. The traditional fishermen are fighting back by buying outboard motors. The motors enable them to take their boats further out to sea to fish. The engines also enable them to follow the shoals to different places to increase their catch.