The Human Prospect is a peer-reviewed, indexed journal focused on the development and refinement of humanist values and ethics, as well as ways the humanist movement can foster them throughout society. It also covers new scientific evidence, theories, and conclusions, as well as their impact upon and relationship to society, values, and ethics.
Nation of Islam (NOI) Minister Louis Farrakhan has long labeled himself as a strong (patriarchal, hyper-masculine) Black man – presumably the type of man necessary for authentic Black leadership. For this reason, many in the Black community are reluctant to criticize even his most egregious words and actions. Such an attitude by the Black community only encourages more demagoguery. It is time for African Americans to raise their standards for Black leadership.
As of early March 2019, three American Democratic presidential candidates advocated reparations for descendants of American slaves. On July 20, 2017, The New York Amsterdam published “Europe replies to demand for reparations,” referring to a 2013 lawsuit filed by fourteen Caribbean nations against the United Kingdom, France, and The Netherlands. Thus, the request for compensation for ancestors’ free labor is now transnational.
