Quotes
William J. Wilson
What I did, you see, in The Truly Disadvantaged, as well as in When Work Disappears, I tried to demonstrate the importance of the environment in black life chances.
William J. Wilson
Well, when there is this rising inequality, when there is this expanding gap between the haves and the have-nots, it creates an atmosphere that's not conducive to congenial inter-group relations.
William J. Wilson
We shouldn't rely solely on standardized tests because they don't really capture true potential.
William J. Wilson
To say that integration caused the current problems of the black community ignores a whole host of other factors, including the willingness of America to tolerate schools that cripple kids.
William J. Wilson
There were some black nationalists who argued that blacks should not be fighting in a white man's war, that Hitler didn't do anything to blacks, so why should blacks be involved in this war? But that was a minority view among a small group of black nationalists.
William J. Wilson
There is some evidence that some New Deal programs in some of the states discriminated against blacks. But I have been sort of - I've been impressed overall with the relatively fair treatment that blacks received during the New Deal.
William J. Wilson
There are some of the problems there that America sees associated with the lack of economic inclusion - family breakdown, gang behavior, and racial tensions. I get the sense that in Europe they are much more concerned about these issues than in the United States.
William J. Wilson
There are few highly qualified teachers right now, and these teachers tend to be disproportionately concentrated in higher-income neighborhoods.
William J. Wilson
The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.
William J. Wilson
The reason that the large proportion of female-headed families in the black community is a problem is not because they're headed by women, but because these families are overwhelmingly impoverished families.