SMASHING LIBERAL MYTHS

Acting as guest host on Rush Limbaugh's Friday show, George Mason University Economics Prof Walter Williams helped to blow away some of those familiar liberal myths.
In the final hour of the show, Williams was joined by Thomas Sowell, Senior Fellow at Stamford's Hoover Institution.
Both Dr. Williams and Sowell are of African-American ancestry.
History demonstrates that Europeans and their descendants were at the forefront in ending slavery. Slavery persisted and exists even to this day among Asian and African cultures. Yet liberal teachers continue the myth that white Europeans were the slave villains.
The talk show guests pointed out that Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., was an all black school until the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court decision outlawed segregated schools. Once integrated, Dunbar went from being a school producing graduates with some of the highest SAT scores in the country to its final state as just another failed Washington high school.
Another myth is that slavery caused the disintegration of black families. The hosts pointed out that until the 1960's, the overwhelming number of black families were two parent families. The break up of black families since the 1960's was not due to slavery but rather due to the so-called War on Poverty launched by Lyndon Johnson and Democrats. The War on Poverty rewarded illegitimate children and their single mothers with federal welfare money. It empowered bad family behavior and rewarded those who became unproductive.
Dr. Williams had a fascinating set of rules on avoiding poverty. According to Williams, if the following rules are kept, there is a less than five per cent chance you will ever be in poverty. The rules are:
1. Study hard in school and get your High School Diploma.
2. Always hold a job throughout your working years, even if at times the job pays minimum wage.
3. Do not have children until you are married.
4. Once married, stay married.
5. Never engage in any unlawful activities above the level of a misdemeanor.