“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” ― Zora Neale Hurston
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Has the Government Been a Friend or Foe for Minority Groups
The Cato Institute's Casey Lartigue discusses whether the government has been overall a friend or an adversary for American minority groups.
Is government more likely to be the friend or adversary of minority groups? Has it been liberals, conservatives, or libertarians like William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass who have been the most consistent defenders of everyone's rights? What does history suggest would be the best public policy for racial minorities in the 21st century?