PODCAST – Episode 15- The Moynihan Report

Listen HERE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-episode-15-the-moynihan-report/id1549480774?i=1000524627433 I think everyone should read the Moynihan Report. This document, known then as “The Negro Family: The Case For National Action,” held that many of the problems of American blacks resulted from the instability of black urban families. The report was leaked to the media in July 1965, one month before the devastating riots in…

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Fatherlessness Begets Fatherlessness

An excerpt from this article: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303433304579304493099001588?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion The Moralistic Fallacy – by JAMES TARANTO How value judgments cloud social thought. It may be true that fatherlessness begets fatherlessness, but widespread illegitimacy is a recent phenomenon whose ultimate causes demand inquiry. In his landmark 1965 report, “The Negro Family: A Case for National Action,” Daniel Patrick Moynihan observed that…

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