It's often preached and taken as gospel that the only way black people can progress is through racial politics and government programs, but how true is that? Let's look at it.
In 1940, poverty among black families was 87 percent and fell to 47 percent by 1960. Would someone tell me what anti-poverty program or civil-rights legislation accounted for this economic advance that exceeded any other 20-year interval? A significant chunk of that progress occurred through migration from rural areas in the South to big Northern cities. Between 1960 and 1980, black poverty fell roughly 17 percent and fell one percent during the '70s. Might this have been a continuation of a trend starting much earlier, or was it a miracle of the civil-rights movement or President Johnson's War on Poverty?
Dr. Thomas Sowell's research points out that in various skilled trades, the incomes of blacks relative to whites more than doubled between 1936 and 1959. What's more, the rise of blacks in professional and other high-level occupations was greater during the five years preceding the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than the five years afterward.
Ao ler um texto desses há quatro alternativas possíveis:
1) Confrontar os números e, caso eles se confirmem, concordar com o fato de que negros não precisam de políticas públicas especiais para se desenvolver;
2) Confrontar os números e, caso eles estejam errados, mostrar que somente através de políticas públicas especiais os negros conseguiram se desenvolver, logo tais políticas devem ser mantidas e ampliadas;
3) Ignorar completamente os argumentos e chamar Walter Williams e Thomas Sowell de racistas, nojentos e imundos. Aviso que essa alternativa tem falhas: ambos são negões!
4) Ignorar completamente os argumentos e chamar Walter Williams e Thomas Sowell de negros vendidos e lacaios dos brancos.
