Is It a Religious Society or a Secular Society?

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From 18 90, to 19 hundred, a black person was more likely to be born in a nuclear family than a white kid. At the height of segregation in america, 22 % of blacks were married and had children in two parent households. In comparison, the white population went from 89 % married in 60 19 63, down to 51 % in 20 17,. So then, would you say that e white single women are marrii i the state also, not exactly? I mean to a lesser extent. A significant percentage, i don't have the percentage with me right now, but a significant percentage of those women are actually more economically dependent than or a black American women. There's

In this conversation with Jason Hill based on his book What do White Americans Owe Black People? Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression, Shermer probes the philosopher on the arguments for and against reparations.

In this provocative and highly original work, philosophy professor Jason Hill explores multiple dimensions of race in America today, but most importantly, a black-white divide which has grown exponentially over the past decade.

Central to his thesis, Hill calls on black American leaders (and their white liberal sponsors) to escape from the cycle of blame and finger-pointing, which seeks to identify black failures with white hatred and indifference. This overblown narrative is promulgated by a phalanx of black nihilists who advocate the destruction of America and her institutions in the name of ending “whiteness.” Much of the black intelligentsia consists of these false prophets, and it is their poisonous ideology which is taught, uncontradicted, to students of all races. It is they who are responsible for the cultural depression blacks are suffering in today’s society.

Ultimately, the answer to “what do White Americans owe?” is not about the morality or practicality of reparations, affirmative action, or other redistributionist schemes. Hill rejects the collectivist premise behind the argument, instead couching notions of culpability, justice, and fairness as responsibilities of individuals, not arbitrary racial or ethnic groupings.