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That's a very good and insightful article about the destruction of the black family and how all the money in the world won't fix it a broken culture. The author wrote:

I see LBJ, wanting to monopolize the “n-word” vote “for two hundred years,” enacting policies that damaged black families, but did ensure that blacks would vote for Democrats.

Then, a few paragraphs later, the author wrote:

Yes, I see black men partying on the street day and night. I also see black women in nurse’s aide uniforms leaving for work before dawn. I see black women dressed up for church on Sunday morning. I see black women driving Paterson’s buses. I saw my own black, female students working hard to do well in college classrooms. Black women aren’t just more likely to be in college; in one study, black females actually responded to perceived racism by improving their eating and exercise habits, while black males did not.
I don’t know if anyone has the definitive answer to why there is a shift of “wealth and power” from black males to black females, but we need to look at this and apply whatever women are doing right to men.

I find it sad that the author pinpointed the source of the problem, but can't quite connect LBJ's destruction of the black family to the pathologies he or she sees in Patterson.

But, throughout, it is obvious the author gets the root cause of the problem and what won't work to fix it as well as what will work...

If the NJCDC really wanted to improve the park, the solution would be right-wing – changing the behavior of antisocial people. But the NJCDC, it goes without saying, did not take that controversial route of addressing antisocial behavior. Rather, it opted for the left-wing solution – an infusion of taxpayer dollars. Taxpayer dollars generated by hardworking people who don’t party all night and who live in wealthier towns; see here.
The fate of the [utterly destroyed] Little Free Libraries speaks loudly. You can pour all the money you want into dangerous and decaying cities like Paterson. That money, that comes from taxpayers who do follow civilizational guidelines, is stolen and squandered. Until you change the culture of the antisocial residents in cities like Paterson, no amount of money will improve the lives lived in Paterson.

It's refreshing that the author comes down on progressivism so hard and sees the solution in right-wing policies. Unfortunately, until the federal government stops rewarding black women for not having black fathers in their lives, nothing will change. Unfortunately, you need really tough love and have to stop all the "free" programs for the disadvantaged. All that teaches them is to not be a responsible adult, be shiftless, do drugs, fail at school, father as many babies by many "baby mamas" as you can, and hate whitey and all "white ways" such as delayed gratification, thrift, hard work, industriousness, speaking correct English, getting educated, belief in God, being a good father, saving for your future, etc.