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I think the mainstream theory is "because racism, duh!" so any other theory would be non-mainstream. I always thought it's a combination of child welfare payments (which means being a single mother brings more cash in) and war on drugs combined with social engineering projects, creating the situation where for significant part of the population illegal activities become the easiest and most available way to earn money, which inevitably leads to the males spending significant time is prison. What has been born from the economic and social circumstances, has become a culture and turned into a self-perpetuating phenomenon - if you live in a place where 3 generations lived in a certain way, you likely will live in that way too.
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