" This document identifies a (*) "tangle of pathology" made worse by a "matriarchal structure" out of line with "the rest of American society."
This document used a book by Stanley Elkins as a major source for its arguments, which were later challenged by historical research conducted by Herbert Gutman. Lee Rainwater and William Yancey wrote a book examining this document and "the politics of controversy," while Carol Stack disagreed with this document's conclusions in her book All Our Kin. In response to this document, William Ryan wrote a book whose title coined the phrase "blaming the victim." This document identifies a (*) "tangle of pathology" made worse by a "matriarchal structure" out of line with "the rest of American society." After it was leaked to the press, Rowley Evans and Robert Novak wrote an article linking it to the riots in Watts. It was written by an assistant secretary of labor in the Johnson administration, who argued that black families were mired in a culture of poverty. For 10 points, name this report written by a future Democratic senator from New York
This document used a book by Stanley Elkins as a major source for its arguments, which were later challenged by historical research conducted by Herbert Gutman.
Moynihan report [or The Negro Family: The Case for National Action]