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WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Black And Blue. ?The collapse of the blue social model, a shift from federal ?

By Glenn Reynolds

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Black And Blue. “The collapse of the blue social model, a shift from federal to local power and a shift from government to the private sector are not race-neutral topics. It?s not just the underclass in the inner cities who face problems as the old models of subsidy and support become less sustainable; middle class African Americans compared to whites tend to work disproportionately in public sector jobs or in private sector jobs like health care that are heavily subsidized by government transfers. . . . you need to think seriously about what this means for the group in American life most closely tied to the failing blue system.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).