David Weigel writes for Slate about comments by a Republican for Congress (Mark Walker) that blacks invest less in their children:
“Now: Is this offensive? My colleague Boer Deng points out that “Amy Chua makes a similar argument in the most recent book about why some groups have ‘higher success’ in this country than others, that blacks in America have been constantly taught that their culture is not valued and so they stop valuing it.” Chua’s book arrived only in February 2014, but it’s not like the argument is unique to her and her husband/co-author. It’s been a Republican doctrine for far longer—it’s controversial even when black Republicans, like former Rep. Allen West, express it. A white Republican can’t help but sound gormless when he goes there. This is among the reasons that Ben Carson’s latest political tome (his second) is chasing Hillary Clinton’s in total sales, only 2,000 copies behind as of this week.”
I don’t know what Mark Walker is talking about. When I look at black life, not just in America but also in Africa, I am struck by the huge investment blacks make in their children, particularly when compared with the lackadaisical approach to parenting by orientals and Jews.
