‘The Vanishing Black Family’: Delano Squires discusses the main problem facing the black community



When Delano Squires was growing up, he was surrounded by young black men who were not only getting into trouble, but getting into gangs and going to jail — while he kept his hands clean.

“At a certain point in my teenage years, I said, ‘Well, it’s because of the families we were raised in. All our parents were married, ... we were going to the same church, same values across households, a community of men who were raising us and keeping us in line. And I realized that family structure was the key,” Squires tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock on “Jason Whitlock Harmony.”

“So from there, just one of those things that I’ve always thought about, the importance of family, the importance of marriage, importance of my dad in my day-to-day life, his everyday presence. And at a certain point, I wanted to write about it,” he explains.

And Squires did write about it in his new book, “The Vanishing Black Family,” where he argues that the breakdown of the black family is to blame for lack of education and high crime rates.


“Men and women are continuing to have children, particularly in our community, where 70% of kids are born out of wedlock,” Squires tells Whitlock.

“The other thing that we’ve seen over the course of the last 60 years is that as poverty has decreased in the black community, the non-marital birth rate has increased,” he continues, using NBA players as an example.

“In a league that was 70-plus percent black, you had guys who were fathering four, five, six, seven kids out of wedlock, even though they were making millions of dollars a year,” he explains, noting that economics appear to have very little to do with children being born out of wedlock.

“I think economics is a part of it, but the real reason is because marriage is no longer seen as valuable, desirable, accessible, or indispensable for the purpose of forming a family. And the reason for that goes back much further than current economic trends,” he tells Whitlock.

Whitlock has his own theory as to why the black family has broken down.

“If we had more God, we could have a successful marriage, and we could raise up better kids. That’s the missing ingredient,” Whitlock says.

“The cause of the vanishing black family is because we’re not looking for God to be our provider. We’re looking for money to be our provider. And so, whatever makes us the most money is going to fix the most problems,” he continues.

“And to me it’s, you know, we’ve just lost focus on who our real provider is. It’s not man-made money. It’s God,” he adds.

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Have over-the-top proms replaced weddings for black Americans?



As more people share their big life moments on social media, the more extravagant “ghetto prom” videos have flooded everyone’s timelines — featuring red carpets, flashy outfits, and expensive cars.

“They’re spending a lot of money on these proms, going to a lot of trouble and expense for these proms,” BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock comments, sharing a recent tweet that brought this to his attention.

“A white woman on tiktok said that ‘ghetto prom’ is flashy and over the top because it’s the closest thing they have in their culture to weddings. She got dragged for saying it, but many black people in the comments begrudgingly agreed with her point,” Mary Morgan posted on X.


“Have things gotten so bad as it relates to marriage and family that we’ve started a new tradition that the prom is the peak of black love, and it has to be celebrated and money spent on it like it’s a wedding?”

Whitlock asks Delano Squires what he thinks.

“I think it’s a two-part thing,” Squires says, “One, the prom also signals the end of a high school career, so to speak. So there’s a celebration aspect in that respect.”

“But then it’s also this notion that, OK, boy and girl together, got on the dresses, you know, you’re renting nice cars, and so on and so forth,” he continues, pointing out that “in the age of the internet, these things are getting even more extravagant.”

In one clip of these young prom-goers, Squires points out that a boy was “flashing a wad of cash.”

“I’ve seen reports that that young man was actually killed,” he says. “I don’t know if he was killed on his prom night or at some point after that. And there’s an even larger overarching phenomenon that’s going on here, which is that in a lot of these communities, particularly for young men, to make it to the age of 21 or 25 is an accomplishment.”

“So part of the reason I think you see such over-the-top celebrations is because some of these proms are taking place in communities where there really is not a lot to celebrate and young men don’t live long enough to have a full life,” he continues.

“So,” he adds, “when you see this kid go from flashing stacks of money to now the quote-unquote celebration of life is going to be in the church where they’re laying him to rest. I can understand why people who live in those circumstances think … we have to throw a big bash because they’re living in a sort of cultural context where it’s like literally tomorrow is not promised today.”

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‘She sees herself as a man’: Jason Whitlock explains Megan Thee Stallion’s explosive cheating scandal



Just months after taking their relationship public, rapper Megan Thee Stallion has officially ended her romance with Dallas Mavericks player Klay Thompson — and she isn’t being shy about her reasoning.

“I’ve made the decision to end my relationship with Klay," Megan said in a statement. "Trust, fidelity, and respect are nonnegotiable for me in a relationship, and when those values are compromised, there’s no real path forward. I’m taking this time to prioritize myself and move ahead with peace and clarity.”

While many fans have sided with Megan, BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes there’s more to why their relationship didn’t work out.

“Don’t date a woman who calls herself a stallion, an uncastrated male horse. Megan the horse, that’s not what you want, gentlemen. She’s telling on herself,” Whitlock says, explaining that Thompson “made the mistake here.”


“One of these two people did not falsely advertise. She sees herself as a man,” he explains.

“Klay Thompson, you’re a man. You don’t want to date a woman who sees herself as a man,” he adds.

While Shemeka Michelle agrees with Whitlock, she also points out the fact that it is "ridiculous" that their relationship is such a big story in itself.

“I just think it’s so ridiculous,” she tells Whitlock. “I’ve seen multiple posts about women getting their own man back because they’re standing up for Megan Thee Stallion, and ... it shows exactly where we are, or at least where the culture is.”

However, Delano Squires believes there’s an even bigger issue at play here.

“This particular split continues a decades-long cycle of sowing discord between black men and black women. And part of the reason that concerns me is because you can’t build strong families. You can’t build a culture of marriage and strong families in any community where the default is discord between men and women,” Squires tells Whitlock.

“So that to me is the bigger thing, and I think both of these individuals represent two archetypes of what is wrong in the relationship marketplace,” he adds.

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Diddy: Fraudulent prosecution or evader of justice?



A jury found Sean “Diddy” Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, but the rap mogul was acquitted of the most serious charges in his federal criminal trial.

While Combs still faces up to 20 years in prison for the two counts on which he’s been convicted, America is divided on whether or not justice has been served.

“I believe that he’s the victim. As crazy as that sounds, I believe that Diddy is the victim,” Anton Daniels tells BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock on “Fearless.”


“And this trial has basically proven that he is. Anybody that followed it from the time that they first announced the charges all the way up until, you know, they read the verdict, you can tell that this was basically an opportunity for the federal government to try to get a win,” Daniels continues.

“And not only did they try to get a win, they got a win on top of the fact that he had to pay Cassie, on top of the fact that she was also the Bonnie to his Clyde,” he argues, adding, “And people automatically jumped on it, and they automatically tried to convict him also in the court of public opinion.”

Daniels also doesn’t believe Diddy received a fair trial, as “all the jurors had already been familiar with every piece of evidence that they were trying to present against him.”

“They were already painting him as a negative person before he ever even set foot inside of the court. They didn’t give him bail. They let him sit in jail, and then they also tried to leverage Cassie in order to get a bunch of other people to file lawsuits,” he explains, adding, “Last I checked, being extra freaky wasn’t a crime.”

Delano Squires disagrees, saying he wouldn’t call Diddy a “victim.”

“His behavior is part of the reason he ended up in this particular situation,” Squires argues. “He was hiring men to sleep with women that he was involved with.”

“I get Anton’s point in terms of him being overcharged and the perception that he was railroaded, but Diddy’s behavior is what put him in this particular situation,” he adds.

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Black Americans destroy Whoopi Goldberg’s claim that life for blacks is ‘the same’ as for Iranians



The women of “The View,” who lead arguably some of the most privileged lives in the world, got into a heated debate this week when co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin elaborated on the many human rights violations perpetrated under the Ayatollah’s regime in Iran.

Those include executions of gay people and the imprisonment of women who dare to venture outside without their hair covered.

“Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings,” Griffin said, before Goldberg laid into her.

"Let’s not do that, because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. Listen, I'm sorry, they used to just keep hanging black people," Goldberg said.

"In the year 2025 in the United States, it is nothing like if I step foot wearing this outfit into Iran right now," Griffin said.


"It is the same," Goldberg responded, and when Griffin attempted to argue, Goldberg responded, “Not if you’re black.”

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock of "Jason Whitlock Harmony" couldn’t be less surprised that Goldberg holds such a view, and neither can his panel.

“Delusion is a stronghold, and oftentimes when you are too well fed for too long, you forget what actual hunger feels like,” BlazeTV contributor Delano Squires comments.

“My initial thought, and it’s not my strongest, but why is this on TV? Who is funding this? This is a level of delusion and a conversation so far removed from reality. Why is this on television, and why are corporations and advertisers supporting this?” Whitlock chimes in.

“It just frustrates me because it is allowed to be on TV when it’s so far-fetched and ridiculous. I don’t, as a black person, walk around every day feeling like I even compare to these women or people in these other countries, and Whoopi knows this, and she understands this, but yet she’s allowed to push this type of rhetoric,” Shemeka Michelle agrees.

“So for Whoopi to be able to push this narrative on national TV, ABC should be ashamed of themselves,” she adds.

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Chicago mayor claims black people ‘are the most generous people on the planet’



In a viral video, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) decided to clap back at critics who accuse him of only hiring black people by claiming that black people are “the most generous people on the planet.”

“Some detractors that will push back on me and say, ‘You know the only thing that the mayor talks about is the hiring of black people.’ No, what I’m saying is when you hire our people, we always look out for everybody else. We are the most generous people on the planet,” Johnson said in an interview.

“So business and economic neighborhood development, the mayor is a black woman. Department of planning development is a black woman. Infrastructure deputy mayor is a black woman. Chief operations officer is a black man. Budget director is a black woman. Senior adviser is a black man,” he continued.

BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock of “Jason Whitlock Harmony” is not only unimpressed with Johnson’s statements, but worries this will only make things worse for black people.


“This kind of conversation and talk, very problematic, and sets the stage for white bigots, white nationalists, to get into office, to get into positions of power,” Whitlock says.

BlazeTV contributor Delano Squires is “not surprised.”

“This is Brandon Johnson’s MO. He makes Lori Lightfoot look like a fairly reasonable public executive, because if there ever was a person who personified racial idolatry, I think it’s Brandon Johnson,” Squires tells Whitlock and BlazeTV contributor Shemeka Michelle.

“It seems to be the main thing that he likes to talk about, so I’m not surprised that he did this,” Squires continues, adding, “It’s not good coming from a public executive, and it’s the type of thing that casts doubt on the competency of the people that he hires.”

Squires also notes that in the interview, Johnson didn’t name any of his hires. Rather, he simply described them by the color of their skin.

“Which, again, goes to show you the depth of his thinking. But it’s the type of thing that’ll call into question their qualifications, because people will say, ‘Oh, all Mayor Johnson wants is somebody who has the right skin color,'” he explains.

“This is not the way you lead a city, and it’s not the way you lead a city in 21st-century America. This reminds me of how, maybe, you know, the old Irish or Italian politicians might have talked in the turn of the century when this sort of racial patronage was much more common,” he continues.

“This is the type of thing that can lead to a serious sort of backlash that I don’t think is good for anyone,” he adds.

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Whitlock: Andrew Tate is playing the ‘victim card’ as the right-wing Gloria Steinem



Andrew Tate and his brother are back in the news after leaving Romania — where they are facing human trafficking charges — and arriving in Florida. The reaction among conservatives is split, with some celebrating his arrival, while others are not happy with it.

Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” and Delano Squires are among the latter.

“If young men think they’ve been sold a bad deal by feminists, they need to understand Andrew Tate is really no different than Gloria Steinem,” Squires tells Whitlock. “He’s selling a particular message.”


“Gloria Steinem in the 1960s was telling women working for your husband is a bad deal, marriage is a bad deal,” he continues. “‘Go out in the corporation, go make your own money, stand on your own two feet, you don’t need a man to fulfill your life.’”

“Andrew Tate is right there on the other side. This is the horseshoe theory in effect,” he adds. “Telling young men marriage and family is a bad deal, traditional values are a bad deal. Make your money, build your own empire. You don’t need a woman to fulfill your life.”

“He has executed this, ‘Hey, I’m a victim’ card, and conservatives have fallen for it,” Whitlock agrees. “He’s a victim of the globalists and the feminist and the DEI crowd or whatever, and he’s played that game.”

“This is where politics gets in the way of truth and righteousness, and that’s the real danger that I see here,” he continues. “We’re so caught up in politics, we’ve thrown out our values once again.”

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Serena Williams and ‘The View' DEFINE ‘crip walking’ as black culture



When Serena Williams won the gold medal during the 2012 Olympics, the tennis star celebrated with the crip walk — a dance move that was popularized by California gangsters.

Thirteen years later, Williams took the stage during the Super Bowl halftime show alongside rapper Kendrick Lama and performed the crip walk again. While Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” is far from amused by the display, the hosts of "The View" are lauding the performance as a celebration of “black culture.”

“When she did the same crip walk after she beat Sharapova in the 2012 Olympics, she did that walk then, and it was on Wimbledon grass, and everyone said that it was disrespectful,” Sunny Hostin began.

“What she was doing was being her authentic self, an homage to her roots from Compton, and it was black joy and black excellence. You’ve got the greatest female athlete of all time coming out and enjoying it,” Hostin continued, adding, “This was about Serena being her authentic self and being the essence of black culture.”


“I don't know Sunny Hostin’s background, it’s probably similar to Serena in terms of probably a disconnect from the hood culture that she’s trying to attach herself to,” Whitlock says.

When Whitlock initially saw the clip from "The View," he was “stunned” that everyone “seemed to be in agreement” that crip walking was representative of black culture.

“Can they honestly believe this? Or is this just what they have to say to survive on television?” he asks guest Delano Squires.

“I think it depends on who you ask and in what context you ask it. I’ll say it this way. When a black artist is winning awards, let’s say Beyonce winning a Grammy for her country album or a black athlete is winning an award or a Super Bowl or whatever the case may be, then I think black folks are like, ‘Yes, this is for the culture, this is a win,'” Squires tells Whitlock.

“But when a hip-hop artist is being criticized for the content that they put out there, for the guns, the murder, the ops, the drugs, the degradation and disrespect for women, then that same person will say, ‘Oh no, that’s not black culture, that’s hip-hop, that’s that particular individual,'” he continues.

“I think that dichotomy lives in almost all of us and certainly in the people who are talking heads and have the platforms on TV and mainstream media,” he adds.

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This NFL player says he doesn’t want WHITE PEOPLE teaching his kids...



Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who is currently a free agent, apparently has a problem with white people teaching his seven children.

Jason Whitlock plays the video of Newton explaining his issues with the private schools he sends his kids to.

"Something alarming happened when my daughter came home. ... She said, 'Dad, a white person is teaching us about black history,' and I was like, 'Yo, that's not right,'" Newton said.

“If a white person is teaching about black history, can a black person teach about Caucasian history [or] European history?” he asked. “You could, but there's gonna be some things that are left out,” like “slavery [and] how Africans moved to America.”

One of Newton’s interviewers had her own bit to add. “They’re not letting black teachers…” she trailed off, insinuating that black educators are being barred from teaching in schools.

“Black teachers have been banned, and white teachers don't teach about slavery, and Cam Newton has no responsibility to teach his own kids about history,” sighs Whitlock in staunch disagreement with Newton’s perspective.

“Black professors or teachers certainly can teach European history,” adds Delano Squires, who agrees that Newton should assume the responsibility of teaching his children about history.

“I think all of this colorized history is a mistake. ... We just need to teach American history, and that should be universal to everybody,” says Whitlock.

Squires, however, does find value in teaching black history specifically.

“There are certain facts of history — a certain battle took place on this particular day, a certain event took place on another day — but the perspective on those issues is very much different,” he explains. “Consider how different ... the death of George Floyd will be taught in schools 50 years from now, depending on whether you have a teacher who has, let's say, more pro-law enforcement leanings as opposed to one who has more pro-BLM leanings.”

Both types of teachers will convey that “yes, this man died on this particular day, but how he died, how they characterize it, [and] the terms that they use will be very much different, depending on who shapes the narrative,” he tells Whitlock.

To hear their full analysis, watch the clip below.


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Jason Whitlock and Delano Squires on what makes a black man in America today



What makes a black man in today’s America?

Author Delano Squires has an interesting answer.

Squires noticed on the Transgender Day of Remembrance how many black officials — Wes Moore, Eric Adams, Brandon Scott, Brandon Johnson, and others — were “repeating the same lines about, you know, their trans siblings and violence and a day of remembrance.”

Squires believes “the public image of the black male has been transitioned” because “you have black men in very prominent positions who are repeating all of the same LGBTQIA+ propaganda that their white counterparts in the Democratic Party repeat on a daily basis.”

This he says is a “seismic shift,” as for years black men looked up to hip-hop and hip-hop culture, which has often been described as misogynistic and homophobic.

Now, they’ve done a complete 180.

“All these guys speak in terms of trauma and microaggressions and harms and they walk around in a perpetual state of fear,” he tells Whitlock.

Whitlock is in agreement, noting that so much of “our identity is defined by politics.”

“Everything has become so politicized and people are always trying to protect their political identity, and they’ll sacrifice their masculinity and everything else to make sure they’re in good standing politically with the Democrat Party,” he explains.

“These guys will say with a straight face that they believe that a man can get pregnant,” Squires says in agreement. “Now, they don’t actually believe that, and they don’t actually believe that a man can become a woman.”

“So, yes, this is largely driven by political identity,” he adds.


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