Jason Riley on Black Politicians and Black Voters
Jason Riley with an op ed in the WSJ about how black politicians too often continue to sell out black parents and children:
Mr. Blackman concludes that the level of
black support "flatly contradicts one of the flimsiest canards used to
criticize Amendment 1—and charter schools in general. That is: the idea
that somehow charter schools end up hurting minority
or poorer students while disproportionately helping white and middle
class children."
Mr. Blackman's analysis illustrates the
disconnect between the agenda of the black political leadership and the
actual concerns of blacks in general and the black underclass in
particular. For decades, polls have consistently shown
that black parents favor vouchers, charter schools and other options
that allow their children to escape a system that consigns poor students
to violent, dysfunctional learning environments, even while black
lawmakers and civil rights organizations typically
have sided with teachers unions that oppose such measures.
Which is to say that these so-called black
leaders who oppose school choice are not only wrong on the merits—black
children with access to vouchers and charters have better academic
outcomes—but also are blatantly ignoring the preferences
of their black constituents. To all of the other problems that
low-income minorities endure, add derelict political representatives.
posted by Whitney Tilson at 2:00 AM
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