The government appears, at first glance, to be the benevolent protector of the minorities, while in reality they are condemning them to a life of servitude. In effect, welfare is a modified version of slavery. What the lower class really needs is opportunity, not oppression. Repealing minimum wage and child labor laws would assist the poor far greater than the current system of subsidies, which renders them helpless and destroys their chance of upward mobility in this still predominantly free market society. Democrats call for subservience and a return to the institution of slavery, Libertarians call for freedom and opportunity for all.
Minorities often perceive the most racist law of all as the best legislation ever passed.
The minimum wage law, endorsed by JFK, is looked upon as the single most beneficial law to minorities and unskilled workers. The fact is that minimum wage actually causes unemployment among the groups it intends to help. In a free society, minorities could train at a job and work their way up. But in the Nanny State of today, businesses are unable to hire these unskilled workers for a short time while they train for some compensation. Minorities, who wish to be trained, find themselves unable to get experience they need and thus have a hard time finding jobs that require that all-important experience.