Jason Riley

They're reinforcing that stereotype by setting up these kids to fail. And it's a real shame. And the point I'm making in the book is that in the era prior to affirmative action, this is not what was happening. Kids were attending, black kids were attending schools where they met the credentials and they were graduating and they were closing the gap, Megan, with white college graduates.

They're reinforcing that stereotype by setting up these kids to fail. And it's a real shame. And the point I'm making in the book is that in the era prior to affirmative action, this is not what was happening. Kids were attending, black kids were attending schools where they met the credentials and they were graduating and they were closing the gap, Megan, with white college graduates.

They're reinforcing that stereotype by setting up these kids to fail. And it's a real shame. And the point I'm making in the book is that in the era prior to affirmative action, this is not what was happening. Kids were attending, black kids were attending schools where they met the credentials and they were graduating and they were closing the gap, Megan, with white college graduates.

The rate at which blacks were entering school and graduating from college was getting closer and closer to the white rate. And what we know from the data is that around 1970, that convergence stalled. The rate of college completion among Blacks is the same today as it was in 1970. That's the legacy of affirmative action.

The rate at which blacks were entering school and graduating from college was getting closer and closer to the white rate. And what we know from the data is that around 1970, that convergence stalled. The rate of college completion among Blacks is the same today as it was in 1970. That's the legacy of affirmative action.

The rate at which blacks were entering school and graduating from college was getting closer and closer to the white rate. And what we know from the data is that around 1970, that convergence stalled. The rate of college completion among Blacks is the same today as it was in 1970. That's the legacy of affirmative action.

Yeah, well, the narrative is to talk a lot about the legacy of slavery and the legacy of Jim Crow, not to talk about the legacy of affirmative action or the legacy of the Great Society under Lyndon Johnson. And that's what happened in the 1970s. in the late 1960s, is we had these expansions of government programs.

Yeah, well, the narrative is to talk a lot about the legacy of slavery and the legacy of Jim Crow, not to talk about the legacy of affirmative action or the legacy of the Great Society under Lyndon Johnson. And that's what happened in the 1970s. in the late 1960s, is we had these expansions of government programs.

Yeah, well, the narrative is to talk a lot about the legacy of slavery and the legacy of Jim Crow, not to talk about the legacy of affirmative action or the legacy of the Great Society under Lyndon Johnson. And that's what happened in the 1970s. in the late 1960s, is we had these expansions of government programs.

And I think they interfered with Black development that had been ongoing and ongoing, again, at a much faster pace than before. I mean, when you look, I'll give you an example with employment. In the late 1960s, something like 80% of the least educated Blacks had a job. By the early 1990s, it was down to fewer than half of the least educated blacks had a job.

And I think they interfered with Black development that had been ongoing and ongoing, again, at a much faster pace than before. I mean, when you look, I'll give you an example with employment. In the late 1960s, something like 80% of the least educated Blacks had a job. By the early 1990s, it was down to fewer than half of the least educated blacks had a job.

And I think they interfered with Black development that had been ongoing and ongoing, again, at a much faster pace than before. I mean, when you look, I'll give you an example with employment. In the late 1960s, something like 80% of the least educated Blacks had a job. By the early 1990s, it was down to fewer than half of the least educated blacks had a job.

There again is affirmative action in practice. And one of the other things that happened during this period, Megan, and it's why affirmative action was so ineffective, I believe, one of the reasons, is the deterioration of the black family.

There again is affirmative action in practice. And one of the other things that happened during this period, Megan, and it's why affirmative action was so ineffective, I believe, one of the reasons, is the deterioration of the black family.

There again is affirmative action in practice. And one of the other things that happened during this period, Megan, and it's why affirmative action was so ineffective, I believe, one of the reasons, is the deterioration of the black family.

So there was not only this convergence going on in terms of educational achievement, there was also a convergence going on in terms of black earnings as a percentage of white earnings. Blacks, again, in the pre-affirmative action, were closing the gap. Gaps were narrowing in economic advancement. So the median income of blacks was getting closer to the median income of household income of whites.

So there was not only this convergence going on in terms of educational achievement, there was also a convergence going on in terms of black earnings as a percentage of white earnings. Blacks, again, in the pre-affirmative action, were closing the gap. Gaps were narrowing in economic advancement. So the median income of blacks was getting closer to the median income of household income of whites.

So there was not only this convergence going on in terms of educational achievement, there was also a convergence going on in terms of black earnings as a percentage of white earnings. Blacks, again, in the pre-affirmative action, were closing the gap. Gaps were narrowing in economic advancement. So the median income of blacks was getting closer to the median income of household income of whites.

But what you saw between the late 60s and the early 90s in particular, was a deterioration in Black couple-headed households.

But what you saw between the late 60s and the early 90s in particular, was a deterioration in Black couple-headed households.