Episode Details

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