The vibe article is laughable, and I just figured out where the funny math is. The author is using statistics based on polls of fathers living with their kids. A higher percentage of black fathers who live with their kids claim to do the activities listed in the study with their kids. Which is great, but has nothing to do with absentee fathers. The author claims that absentee fathers have nothing to do with the criminal activity of their children, but then cites the actions of NON-absentee fathers to back up this assertion.
67% of African American children live in single parent homes. A small handful of African Americans are killed by police a year (of which maybe 3 or 4 prove to be due to criminal acts by the officer). The author of this piece would have you believe that African Americans being killed by cops is the biggest problem they face, while also asserting that absentee parents in the African American community being a problem is a "myth". Excuse me while I call BS.