Inherited Inequality – Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two–Parent Families - Christina J. Cross

A Foreword INDIES Award WinnerA groundbreaking study challenges basic tenets of US social welfare policy with proof that raising Black children in two-parent families does not close racial gaps in life outcomes. Ever since Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s controversial 1965 report on “The Negro Family,” the disadvantages of the single-parent household have been at the center of debates about racial inequality in the United States. In particular, absent fathers and single-parent homes are seen as fundamental... Zobrazit více