0:00 Bob’s new book, The State of the Black Family: Sixty Years of Tragedies and Failures—and New Initiatives Offering Hope
7:02 Bob: “Liberals have given up” on changing black family dynamics
15:02 Two-parent families are preferable, but single-parent families need help
22:01 Do children help women organize their lives more effectively than men?
29:14 Is community college helping or hurting young black men?
38:38 How Bob thinks police and communities should deter violence
45:42 Work requirements with a human face
56:04 The moderate’s dilemma
Recorded May 4, 2023
Links and Readings
Bob’s new book, The State of the Black Family: Sixty Years of Tragedies and Failures—and New Initiatives Offering Hope
Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action
Herbert Gutman’s book, The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925
Lawrence Mead’s book, Beyond Entitlement: The Social Obligations of Citizenship
Lawrence Mead on TGS
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