In this powerful conversation, Delano Squires, Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Human Flourishing at The Heritage Foundation and author of The Vanishing Black Family, breaks down the dramatic collapse of the Black family — from stable two-parent homes in the 1940s-1950s to today’s 70% out-of-wedlock birth rate. Delano explains how slavery deformed but did not destroy the Black family, but how the combination of 1960s welfare policies and new ideologies worked to undermine it.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00 Introduction)
(01:45 The 1986 Bill Moyers Documentary)
(04:20 Why Delano Wrote This Book Now)
(08:10 The Black Family Before the 1960s – Surprisingly Stable)
(13:40 Slavery’s Real Impact vs. Welfare & Feminism)
(19:55 The Economic Argument – Jobs vs. Culture)
(26:40 Why the “Marriageable Men” Theory Falls Short)
(32:15 Restoring the Black Family – The Multi-Generational Plan (Church, HBCUs & More))
(42:50 Final Thoughts)
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