What Do White Americans Owe Black People

"""In his latest courageous contribution, Jason Hill rebuts the arguments that white Americans owe reparations to African Americans. Enslavement, he argues, was not a peculiar crime perpetrated by 'whites' against 'blacks' but a commonplace outcome when Europeans--and Arabs--encountered sub-Saharan societies where slave labor was the norm. In stark contrast to the tragic fate of the Africans shipped to the New World colonies, the American Founding posited a revolutionary idea of liberty for all men, though it took two more 'foundings'--Civil War and Civil Rights--to fulfill that promise for the descendants of slaves in the United States. Tragically, Hill argues, the achievement was swiftly undermined by well-intentioned but destructive welfare policies and the race-conscious ideology that produced both Black Power and Black Lives Matter. This is a bold--and at times, startling--intervention in one of the most contentious debates of our time."" --Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, The Hoover Institution ""In the grand fashion of Thomas Sowell and in keeping with his previous work, We Have Overcome, Jason Hill starts from the philosophical premises of identitarian groupthink, details the lethal consequences if one's concern is a free society, and equips the reader with the intellectual weaponry to combat the neo-Marxists' ideology. Jason doesn't just issue the cri de coeur, 'The individual must rise.' He leads by example. Jason's life, the clarity of his thinking, and his moral courage make his work an indispensable part of any serious discussion of race, justice, and liberty in America."" --Dan Proft, Radio Host, Chicago's Morning Answer (AM 560-WIND) ""Names like Ta-Nehisi Coates, Ibram X, Kendi, and Nikole Hannah-Jones have come to dominate the debate over slavery reparations and social inequality. Jason Hill's new book demonstrates why theirs should not be the final word. What Do White Americans Owe Black People? lays out both the philosophical and practical problems with the concept of inherited guilt. Moreover, it uses facts and logic to expose the sloppy arguments that often pass for deep thinking about race in America today."" --Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal columnist and author of Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell ""One of the boldest living thinkers, Jason D. Hill, takes a sledgehammer to everything we've been taught about race and race relations. Written with grace and clarity, What Do White Americans Owe Black People? offers a compelling, unifying vision that moves us beyond the current racial hysteria. It should be mandatory reading for every single American."" --Dr. Peter Boghossian, Author of How to Have Impossible Conversations"