Jason riley author columnist at the wall street journal and among your books, please stop helpings us, i want to begin where your book concludes you said the following quote to liberalism has succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Yes, i believe that is a big part ofev political strategy actually. And they have been added for some time. On fortunately theyve had a lot of success in taking blacks is primarily victims. They are defined by their victimization first and foremost. And then the followup is of course that we have a Government Program, or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood. So i think its a political strategy. Your bookl writes about a number of essays and books on Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society. Was it a failure or success . I think if you look at the actual track record of the programs, if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time, youd s,ve to say its largely a failu