Paul Vallas: Minority Success Is Possible – City Journal

The idea that minorities can’t succeed in the United States today not only encourages defeatism but is also untrue. Data on legal immigrants from Latin America and Africa reveal that many outperform native-born Americans from their demographic group, and other figures reveal non-white groups’ increasing economic success. Politicians need to muster the courage to say that family breakdown is a major cause of minority communities’ economic and crime troubles.