{"id":19322,"date":"2018-03-26T20:57:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T20:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=19322"},"modified":"2020-11-15T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T17:45:31","slug":"blacks-in-power-dont-empower-blacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/?p=19322","title":{"rendered":"Blacks in Power Don&#8217;t Empower Blacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0wfN_DtNtyo?rel=0\" width=\"860\" height=\"455\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do minority groups fare better when they have significant political representation? Between 1970 and 2012, the number of black elected officials rose from fewer than 1,500 to more than 10,000. Conventional wisdom would suggest that all these political gains would lead to economic gains. But that has not proven to be the case. In <a href=\"https:\/\/prageru.us11.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=6b7cf34895ad2d3096f3d14a4&amp;id=822d17a150&amp;e=eb9a4da73b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">this week\u2019s video<\/span><\/a>, Jason Riley of The Manhattan Institute explains why blacks in power don\u2019t empower blacks.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prageru.com\/videos\/blacks-power-dont-empower-blacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Prager University<\/span><\/a>-All rights reserved<\/p>\n<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-bottom-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19322&print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F19322&print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchmanmedia.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Do minority groups fare better when they have significant political representation? Between 1970 and 2012, the number of black elected officials rose from fewer than 1,500 to more than 10,000. Conventional wisdom would suggest that all these political gains would lead to economic gains. But that has not proven to be the case. 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