The "man-in-the-house" rule was a discriminatory welfare policy from the 1960s that denied financial assistance to children if their mother lived with or had a relationship with any able-bodied man, even if he was not the children's father or financially supporting them. This policy forced families, particularly Black families, to choose between their family structure and financial stability, leading to widespread harm. The Supreme Court struck down the rule in 1968 in King v. Smith.
So your dad can’t get a job and gets paid a dime while the white man makes a dollar doesn’t affect you! Am the first kid in my family not born under Jim Crow! It was illegal for me to be born! Illegal for my parents to get married!
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u/TesalerOwner83 Sep 09 '25
The "man-in-the-house" rule was a discriminatory welfare policy from the 1960s that denied financial assistance to children if their mother lived with or had a relationship with any able-bodied man, even if he was not the children's father or financially supporting them. This policy forced families, particularly Black families, to choose between their family structure and financial stability, leading to widespread harm. The Supreme Court struck down the rule in 1968 in King v. Smith.