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TownHall.com: Conservative Columnists: Thomas Sowell: "One of the consequences of that myth is that, while most blacks lifted themselves out of poverty, the public image is that government programs were responsible. This has left many whites wondering why blacks can't advance themselves by their own efforts, like other minorities -- and left many blacks likewise convinced that without government programs they would be lost.
Such myths help race hustlers but hurt the race that they claim to be leading. "