There's not been anybody who has gotten into college on their own, nobody who's gotten a job on their own, no one who's prospered as a businessman or businesswoman on their own without affirmative action. But the historical record shows otherwise. Under this welfare state, black unwed pregnancies skyrocketed, so that today 70 percent of black children are born to fatherless households. But the enemy long ago began retreating. But its social power is weak, the social power against it overwhelming.
Success requires drive, energy, focus, hard work, thrift and self-sacrifice.
That's your job. You are not a slave. JWR contributor Larry Elder is the author of the newly released, The Ten Things You Can't Say in America . Let him know what you think of his column by clicking here.