Interview · moment 14 of 27
Welfare, the Great Society, and Black Economic History
from #228 - Candace Owens | The Tim Dillon Show · #228
3 min
Guest
Candace argues black Americans did better economically under Jim Crow than today, blames government welfare dependency for post-1950s decline, and jokes about how nobody wants to bring up Asian-American success statistics.
- Tim traces Black economic decline from the 1950s-70s, arguing welfare and the Great Society married Black Americans to government dependence.
- Black Americans performed better economically under Jim Crow than today, which Tim says points to policy choices rather than systemic racism.
- AOC proposing government payments to keep Black and brown people home mirrors the welfare policies that crippled Black America initially.
- Government isn't a parent—welfare was an attack on the Black family, and accepting more handouts will trap Black poverty for another hundred years.
- Black people make the worst decisions out of every group in America compared to the most successful group.
- Nobody wants to talk about Asians because it defeats arguments about why some groups had it easier in America.
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