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In “Enough,” National Public Radio correspondent Juan Williams makes the convincing, if unoriginal, argument that many poor black Americans have succumbed to a “culture of failure,” one marked by high levels of poverty, illegitimacy, and incarceration, and low...
The crux of Williams and Cosby’s case is that poor blacks should be less concerned with overt and “systemic” racism—obstacles such as structural wealth inequalities—and focus instead on what they can do to improve their own...
The “culture of failure” is a departure from the legacy of the civil rights movement, Williams writes in his strongest, most essential argument. He backs it up by recounting both the courageous sacrifices made by students in Little Rock and Oxford to gain access to...
Williams lays blame for the “culture of failure” at the feet of America’s black leadership, and his criticisms seem on the mark. He excoriates civic leaders such as Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, and political leaders like former Washington Mayor Marion Barry...
Refusing to be derailed by either rain or standardized testing, the No. 3 Harvard co-ed and women’s sailing teams took to the waters this weekend with a vengeance, competing in no less that five regattas. Missing senior captain Christina Dahlman due to the LSAT exam, the...