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Jason Riley: Affirmative action didn’t cure black poverty

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Jason Riley joins Emily to discuss his new book “The Affirmative Action Myth,” and the decline of DEI policies. Riley explains how the black middle class enjoyed robust growth until policies favored by Democrats in the late 1960s started to increase poverty and suffering.


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Jason Riley: Affirmative action didn’t cure black poverty

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