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The Mess Moynihan Made

The Mess Moynihan Made

FromWhite Picket Fence


The Mess Moynihan Made

FromWhite Picket Fence

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Length:
27 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In 1965, a government report on Black families that was never supposed to be public leaked... and permanently influenced how our country thought about marriage, poverty, and personal responsibility. It was called the Moynihan Report. The report affirmed the belief that family structure – specifically, families headed by single mothers – caused people to be poor. This week, host Julie Kohler traces the roots and repercussions of the Moynihan report, and why the solutions to the issues it puts forth run far deeper than marriage.
Released:
Jun 27, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

White Picket Fence interrogates the structures of inequity affecting women since America’s founding. Host Julie Kohler unpacks how white womanhood and the conception of the nuclear family were constructed and how they affect our culture, politics, and policies—in ways that hurt all of us. Join us in exploring where America—and Americans—have fallen short and what we can do to create a better future.