| Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed Contributor(s): Riley, Jason L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594038414 ISBN-13: 9781594038419 Publisher: Encounter Books OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Liberalism |
| Dewey: 323 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries? In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of blacks out of the labor force. Affirmative action in higher education is intended to address past discrimination, but the result is fewer black college graduates than would otherwise exist. And so it goes with everything from soft-on-crime laws, which make black neighborhoods more dangerous, to policies that limit school choice out of a mistaken belief that charter schools and voucher programs harm the traditional public schools that most low-income students attend. In theory these efforts are intended to help the poor--and poor minorities in particular. In practice they become massive barriers to moving forward. Please Stop Helping Us lays bare these counterproductive results. People of goodwill want to see more black socioeconomic advancement, but in too many instances the current methods and approaches aren't working. Acknowledging this is an important first step. |
