TheGrio.com Attends Obama's Town-Hall Meeting on Fatherhood

TheGrio.com, an African-American-targeted “video-centric news site” launched by NBC News and Three Part Media, was invited to the White House Friday for President Obama’s town-hall meeting on fatherhood.

In speaking to a panel of fathers and an audience of young adults and children, Obama addressed the impact of the absence of fathers on the African-American community, saying, “23% of young people are growing up without a father. In the African-American community, it’s close to 50%, maybe a little over depending on the stats you look at.

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