PRAGER UNIVERSITY: Blacks in Power Don't Empower Blacks
"We teach what isn’t taught." - Dennis
Prager
This semester of Prager University is presented
by: Jason Riley
"When blacks had little political power they nevertheless made significant economic progress...Before any 'affirmative action' the number of blacks in middle-class professions quadrupled. In other words, racial gaps were steadily narrowing without any special treatment for blacks. And then came the 'War on Poverty' in the mid 60's...[A] strong case can be made that to the extent that a social program, however well meaning, interferes with a group's self development, it does more harm than good. Government policies that discourage marriage, and undermine the work ethic; open ended welfare benefits for example, help keep poor people poor." – J.R.
"[D]uring an era of growing black political influence, blacks as a group progressed at slower rates than whites. And the black poor actually lost ground...[T]he evidence...indicates that there may be little relationship between the success of black leaders and the opportunities of typical black families...Human capital is far more important than political capital." – J.R.
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