In the 1960s, President Lyndon B. Johnson launched an ambitious "War on Poverty" to build a Great Society. But what if the very programs designed to help ended up causing irreparable harm to the communities they were meant to save?
In this inaugural episode of The Unspoken Curriculum, your teacher Bryant pulls back the curtain on this pivotal moment in American history. We'll explore the noble intentions behind the Great Society, and then dig into the hard data and perverse incentives that created a system of dependency and contributed to the breakdown of the most essential anti-poverty institution known to man: the family. This is the uncomfortable history of how good intentions can lead to disastrous results.
In this lesson, you'll learn:
- The true goals and key programs of LBJ's Great Society.
- How the welfare system inadvertently created a "marriage penalty" that disincentivized two-parent households.
- The surprising data on Black family structure, poverty, and income before and after these programs were implemented.
- The conservative principles of self-reliance and the "road not taken" for Black empowerment.
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