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Sociologist Christopher Jencks of Northwestern University, anthropologist Katherine Newman of Columbia University and labor economist George Borjas of the University of California at San Diego will all join Wilson at the Kennedy School's Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy in the fall of 1996.
Sociologist Christopher Jencks argues correctly that "American liberals have a habit of trying to help the neediest. Because AFDC benefits have always been low, welfare mothers look like the neediest of the needy. As a result, liberals have fought hard to help welfare recipients, while largely ignoring single mothers with...
"Most people think that when you say IQ is genetic, you're saying you can't change it. That isn't what it means," insists Christopher Jencks, the liberal social scientist. "If you say breast cancer is hereditary, it tells you nothing about whether you can cure breast cancer." Craig...
As sociologist Christopher Jencks writes in a recent book, the "claim that many ethnic minorities overcame discrimination and achieved extraordinary affluence in America is clearly correct."
Or take his well-publicized emphasis on pro-work welfare reform. A covert way of pandering to white rancor? Funny, nobody thought so when Jesse Jackson was calling for such measures in 1988. Contrary to popular belief, welfare payments -- including Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps -- make...