Programs of the Great Society were available to everyone including poor whites from Appalachia, recent Jewish immigrants from Russia, Vietnamese boat people, southern and inner city blacks.
Why is it blacks were hurt by those programs and everyone else was helped?
Personal responsibility needs to be considered.
‘Why is it blacks were hurt by those programs and everyone else was helped?’
Many Blacks were helped by these programs. However, it is so easy to point to (by color) the ones who weren’t.
You keep focusing on the ‘Great Society’ programs instead of the real problems. Recall LBJ’s manipulation of the SCOTUS membership to help achieve the desired results.
A couple of points.
I question whether everyone else was helped. I know I wasn’t, in fact the money forcefully extracted from me hurt my family. I also doubt the recipients of my hard earned money appreciated, or spent it as wisely as I would have. I also question whether they benefited from it, or just accepted the free ride. History tells us they most likely accepted the free ride. The USSR’s 70 year experiment shows the horrendous results of these types of programs.
The Blacks are simply a few decades ahead of the rest. Birth rates among unmarrieds are an indicator. Poor whites are now catching up to Blacks.