Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed
Written by Jason L. Riley
Narrated by JD Jackson
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Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?
In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of blacks out of the labor force. Affirmative action in higher education is intended to address past discrimination, but the result is fewer black college graduates than would otherwise exist. And so it goes with everything from soft-on-crime laws, which make black neighborhoods more dangerous, to policies that limit school choice out of a mistaken belief that charter schools and voucher programs harm the traditional public schools that most low-income students attend.
In theory these efforts are intended to help the poor—and poor minorities in particular. In practice they become massive barriers to moving forward.
Please Stop Helping Us lays bare these counterproductive results. People of goodwill want to see more black socioeconomic advancement, but in too many instances the current methods and approaches aren’t working. Acknowledging this is an important first step.
Jason L. Riley
Jason L. Riley is an editorial board member of the Wall Street Journal, where he has worked since 1994, and a Fox News contributor. He lives in suburban New York City with his wife and three children.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Brutally honest and fact based, I love this book. Firstly I'm a huge fan of Thomas So that explains a lot, this book carries on from Dr. Sowell , expands on some of his conclusions while reemphasizing others. I think Jason was the correct candidate to write Dr. Sowell's biography
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jason spends a ton of time summarizing Thomas Sowell, which I appreciate because Sowell can bore me to death with data.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book. Very informative. Getting to the root cause of the issues, rather than just looking at the superficial issues.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent telling of relevant and interesting facts, well cited. A must read for all Black liberals.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Honest academic work, great book. I really recommend it.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good resumé in a simple language of other authors and researchers work in this area (i.e based on research and not just rants from the author). I knew most of the authors, but I also got some interesting new names.
I will try to get my naive, Scandinavian husband to read this book as an introduction to the field.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A must read for all on either side of the political spectrum. The narration for this was also fantastic.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Exposing the truth behind black liberalism. Great read. Recommend it
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Still relevant and pertinent in 2023. Super research and statistical analysis as well God
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is what every liberal and conservative need to hear in order to properly help more people of color and of every ethnicity around the world.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Good audio book. He touched on very relevant issues facing race relations today.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Amazing Book. Best Evidence Based Argument Against The Welfare State Every Written. Highly Recommended !
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great listen! I enjoyed the holistic edge that Riley's analysis of Black America packed. He is able to present the bigger picture, and use his explanations and extensive empirical evidence to paint the detailed strokes and nuances meshed amongst it all.
Lovely listen. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An extremely interesting critique of the political landscape and its effect on Black America. The author bring statistical evidence to back up his claims. A good read for both sides of the political aisle.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the first time I have read a book by Jason Riley. The title, "Please Stop Helping Us", interested me. The whole premise of the book was exactly what the title said. Many of the policies enacted to help the black community (such as affirmative action and millions of dollars being spent on government programs) are not working. Programs (such as school choice and vouchers) that are highly beneficial to black and other minority youth are being denied to our country's children because of the powerful teacher's unions. America has been entrenched in these non-working programs for years. How will we be able to turn things around to the benefit of all?