The State of the Black Family: Sixty Years of Tragedies and Failuresand New Initiatives Offering Hope

by Robert Cherry

Overview

Too many Black Americans live in neighborhoods that are filled with gun violence, dysfunctional and abusive families, and children with deficient academic and behavioral skills. Instead of engaging in an open-minded search for solutions, too many pundits and politicians are content to point their fingers at systemic racism, while dismissing individual effort and traditional measures of merit as part and parcel of a system that is irredeemably broken. In The State of the Black Family, the economist Robert Cherry presents a blueprint for a robust set of policies that can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and move these families forward by providing direct family support, practical educational approaches, housing policies to reinvigorate neighborhoods, and on-ramps to higher-paying jobs—an approach that enjoyed a broad consensus before leftwing social justice themes hijacked the conversation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185769515
Publisher:	Emancipation Books
Publication date:	03/07/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Robert Cherry taught economics for fifty years, the last forty-two at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. In his tenure there, he was awarded the Broeklundian professorship for his student involvement, the Koppelman professorship for his community efforts, and the Stern professorship for his writings on popular culture. He has published more than one hundred articles in revered journals and in recent years more than seventy essays in magazines and journals, including the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Spectator, National Affairs, The Hill, RealClearPolicy, and National Review. He has authored or coauthored ten books, and The State of the Black Family is the sixth that specifically focuses on racial inequities. He is a member of 1776 Unites, a counter to the 1619 Project, and is an affiliate at the American Enterprise Institute.