The State of Black Progress: Confronting Government and Judicial Obstacles

Black Americans have achieved cultural prominence but face social stagnation due to poverty, health struggles, lack of opportunity, and failing schools. This edited volume explores how American values and constitutional jurisprudence can address these issues, highlighting the need for an agenda of empowering fiscal, educational, and faith and family-affirming policies.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 02 May 2024
Publisher: Encounter Books,USA

Black Americans have achieved significant cultural prominence, with "black issues" dominating the national discussion in various spheres, including politics, entertainment, academia, and more. However, despite these achievements, many black Americans are facing unprecedented levels of poverty, physical and mental health struggles, lack of opportunity, and failing schools. This edited volume, sponsored by the Center for Urban Renewal and Education and featuring contributions from prominent figures such as W.B. Allen, Judge Janice Rogers Brown (ret.), Ian Rowe, Sally Pipes, Stephen Moore, and others, seeks to address this question in light of American values and the history of constitutional jurisprudence. In the 1860s, black America was promised emancipation but continued to experience subjugation. In the 1960s, black America was promised equality but was frequently exploited. Racial discrimination played a role, but in the intervening decades, misguided progressive policies and the normalization of victimhood rhetoric have proven even more disastrous. By failing to live up to American ideals, our nation has denied many black Americans their chance at the American Dream. The scholars and luminaries who contributed to this volume believe that what has been lost can be recovered. If our nation recognizes the history of our current predicament, embraces the founding principles that made America an economic powerhouse, and commits to an agenda of empowering fiscal, educational, and faith and family-affirming policies, then black Americans can overcome the obstacles that most hamper progress in their communities.

Weight: 678g
Dimension: 164 x 238 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781641773416