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My choice would be my old party, the Democratic Party.I came from the left, and my issues have been caring for the poor, especially the minority poor. The Democrats position themselves as the only political approach for the poor and minorities, and they frame other approaches as “greedy” and “racist”. So, it required a lot of time and courage for me to explore libertarian ideas in the face of this uniformity of condemnation from my cohort.I am now convinced that the Democratic approach is not only not the only reasonable approach, but that it is largely ineffective, and in many cases actually produces the opposite result. My concern today is that the conflation of the Democratic Party as the only proper way to raise up the poor and minorities may be the largest barrier facing these populations.Because I would like to see real progress for these populations, I would rather wipe out the Democrat’s inhibition of alternative solutions than the Republican’s righteous, but not monopolistic, methods.Examples:Community Policing: I’m so tired of hearing about po-po doing this and that to “communities of color”. The libertarian solution is to move towards true community policing. Get rid of the large, overbearing bureaucracy and all the levels of micro-management, which is controlled generally by white elites for the benefit of their political cronies. Turn policing duties, payments, hirings, oversight, etc., over to each community directly; it’s hard to feel like an occupied territory when it’s your brother and father who protect you.Own Local Business: I was listening to a black man describe how his grandfather — who could not read — owned and ran an 11 person local garage. There is nothing more empowering and more self-determining than owning one’s own business, hiring people in one’s own neighborhood, and building one’s community from the bottom up. The libertarian solution gets rid of licensing requirements, regulations, taxes, and reporting to authorities, allowing anyone to open up anything they want. Democrats can certainly offer certification boards and other services that are currently bureaucratically and tyrannically imposed, but let those small business owners themselves decide if they want (or can afford) to purchase their services, and let the customers decide whether they want to support their local folks or have all the bells and whistles that their white brethren can provide.The Drug War: That Democrats have been in charge of urban cities and continue to wage this drug war is a great sin. Turning the community over to local control will probably do away with enforcement of such unethical laws as the local people just won’t pay for being constantly under siege.Other Victimless Crimes: It is time to stop turning poor people into criminals because they do choose to do things that rich white elites don't want to do.Fatherhood: The destruction of the black family (from 78% intact families in 1960s to 25% today) is due, in my judgement, to unintended consequences of Democratic poverty programs, as well as a heavy-handed implementation of a strong anti-male bias. The libertarian solution is to shift charity over to competing agencies, many of whom would have incentive to support black families, and to end the power of government to favor one gender over another. (Oh, and combined with removing black men from jails and from unemployment, allowing them to take their rightful place as the leaders of their communities!)University: The insistence of pushing the brightest blacks into major universities, even when they do not meet minimum requirements, has led to making the people who should be the leaders of the black community feel like failures. Black drop-outs continue to plague[1]at more than 60% .Those top black academics who cannot succeed at traditional universities should be attending schools where they will succeed, or support and expand what used to be soaring black universities. Or even better, the elitist belief that “success” means going to university and then working for a (white) corporation should be rethought — the real path to success for new ethnicities has been internal —community entrepreneurship and small business — which has nothing to do with (generally anti-business) university.Monopoly Government Schooling: The refusal of the Democrats to allow new types of schools or to let poor black parents choose the school that better fits their own child is probably one of the cruelest application of paternalism, and is largely accepted to payoff cronies. The libertarian solution is to allow a myriad of new types of schools with different goals and targeting different segments, and a myriad of charities that will help fund various, diverse programs. We want to empower the black family to be the decision maker for their own child.Community Banking: The incredible number of regulations makes it virtually impossible for community people to create their own banks and directly support one another financially. The Democratic solution? Not freedom. Instead, they impose on white banks a requirement “to serve” such communities. More paternalism. Libertarians believe that growth is most effective when it comes from within. Yet another unintended consequence of “protecting” people such that they aren’t allowed to do anything for themselves.Embargoes: Ok, it might be better than war, but how are we supporting a program of starving the poor, which doesn’t affect dictators who don’t give a lick about their poor people in the first place?Dumping: Sure, farmers are our friends, but how about not wiping out the indigenous population’s businesses and farming.Prices: Increasing the costs of business by increasing regulations and taxes and reporting, seems like people who care about “the poor” shouldn’t care, but those increased costs are paid for by the poor people who buy the products! Aim high but hit low. The libertarian solution is to decrease costs overall for everyone.Minimum Wage: Anything that stops the child from getting a starting job and learning how to become a productive member of society should be wiped off the books. Sure, minimum wage is great for the college student looking for summer employment as a barista, but it is devastating for the underclass.But the most important benefit would be in the narrative. Instead of the pessimistic, hopeless story of helpless victims downtrodden by powerful (white rich male) people who are dedicated to keeping them down, libertarians would change it to the positive, life-affirming perspective of having the power themselves to make the changes they want in their own lives, in the lives of their families, and in their communities.I don’t doubt the Democratic rank and file’s deep desire to help the poor and minorities. But their righteous belief in their superior morals has caused them to refuse to fairly explore the possibility that their policies may do just the opposite.Just because one’s intention is pure does not make one’s results successful.And if the Democrats refuse to pay attention to the feedback, they can’t learn from experience; they are too dangerous to the group we both care about.See related:Why would good people refuse to support government welfare?Who is killing the mom and pop stores?What are libertarian solutions to poverty?The success of Nordic socialismShould government incent birthing more children into poverty?How does licensing hurt the poor?Is a decent provision for the poor the true test of civilization?Do employers want to pay their employees less than minimum wage?What racial problems do black athletes’ protests underscore (e.g., #TakeAKnee)?Conceptually, where do liberals disagree with libertarians?Are libertarians psychologically healthy and happy people?How might the Libertarian Party replace the Democratic Party?Footnotes[1] Black Student College Graduation Rates Remain Low, But Modest Progress Begins to Show

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Let me tell you the story of a well-meaning civil rights campaign that backfired, and how its unintended consequences revealed the pervasiveness of Racism in American society.Before I begin, I should make it clear that in this answer, I am defining “Institutional Racism” as a prejudicial bias that demonstrably exists as an established norm in our society, rather than something that is specifically codified into the written rules of a more concrete institution. American institutions are far more than just universities, corporations, and prisons, and in many ways I would argue that our more nebulous institutions—things like money, wealth, democracy, or race—are the ones with the most power over our world. While codified policy often has the greatest power to vigorously oppress its victims, the subtle racism of social philosophy can often prove more insidious, and is usually much harder to redress than its less metaphysical effects.I also realize that this approach may run against the prevalent current of Conservative philosophy, in which the burden of fault for both criminal action and prejudicial thought often fall exclusively to the individual. I doubt that even a single serious Conservative would try to argue that racial discrimination has never existed in American society, but it has generally been my experience that they also tend to view the blame for that discrimination to stem almost entirely from the individuals who actively engage in its legislation or execution.Thus, when a White American terrorist drives a car into a crowd of civilian protesters at a Neo Nazi rally, for instance, and kills an innocent woman in the process,[1] Conservatives don’t hesitate to speak out against his action, but nonetheless tend to view it as the act of a racially bigoted individual rather than a symptom of a racially delusional society.I very much understand this view, and can see exactly how intelligent people hold it. After all, our actions are the only things over which we have control, so doesn’t it make perfect sense to hold individuals accountable for their own actions? In many ways, I hold that view myself.Nonetheless, I also feel that on the macroscopic scale of a democratic society like the United States, collections of people take on a new life of their own. The history of Racism in America is at once both a collection of individual stories and a continuous current that is so much bigger than its individual actors. That is why, while I think many Conservative approaches to social reform are likely effective on an individualized level, I believe that a much broader understanding of Racism needs to sit at the root of any effective progress.But enough talk, let me get started.The Unforeseen Consequences of a Liberal PolicyIn the writing of those Conservatives I most admire on Quora (e.g. Anthony Zarrella), I often hear the repeated warning against the side-effects of Liberalism. Cautious Moderate Liberals like Peter Kruger also espouse the philosophy of viewing new measures as pessimistically as possible, always leading analysis with the question, “how can I break that?”[2] The worry that a progressive measure that is intended to do good can result in harm is not by any means unfounded either, and my answer focuses on just such an instance.In this case, the initial proposition wasn’t even directly based on race but rather on criminal justice, though in America it is generally impossible to separate the issue of judicial and sentencing reform from the greater problem of racial injustice.Around the turn of the 21st Century, the problems of mass incarceration were entering old age and, just as with any aging process, new problems were arising that hadn’t existed before. Now, many of those Americans who had been incarcerated in their youth for drug possession were out of prison and trying to find their way back into a society that didn’t particularly welcome their return. Especially in the wake of the September 11th Attacks, America became more terrified than ever about the violent and criminal minds that might be lurking amongst us and, while every other industry was tightening the reins of freedom in the name of security, the human resources sector did the same.The easiest way to implement this new sense of security was to add a simple box to the basic job application that asked a straightforward question: do you have a criminal record? Those who checked the box, not altogether surprisingly, would be far less likely to have their application even considered.The problems inherent in this solution should be apparent, but in case they are not I will elaborate a bit. On some totally unrealistic but philosophically significant plane, many Americans seem to imagine that the ideal purpose of our penal system is to rehabilitate those who have strayed from the straight-and-narrow path, so that they can become productive members of society. No matter what they vote for, I would doubt that many Americans would openly profess that the intention of the penal system is actually to disappear our problems so that we don’t need to deal with them, nor vocally espouse the belief that everyone who is found guilty of a crime is a worthless reprobate devoid of any possible future value.Therefore, the fact that the very people we are supposed to be teaching to be productive members of society were, in fact, being barred from reentry to the very social and economic community to which they were being legally expected to reenter should be worrisome to everyone. If being convicted of any crime at all renders one impossible to hire in legitimate society, how can we ever expect those we have penalized to hold a legitimate job?On top of this, you have the highly-theoretical-but-still-present idea that once a person has served their due punishment, their “debt to society” has been paid and they ought to be given a clean slate (at least, if they are White). Those of us who have had children of our own or who have served in any kind of mentorship capacity to others fully understand that otherwise good people are capable of making mistakes, and we almost universally don’t discount the value of those we love because of a mistake, even a truly abhorrent one. The two strongest bastions of Conservative values—the family and the church—both extoll the value of forgiveness. Yet we as a people, Liberals and Conservatives alike, have trouble seeing our way into its integration into our social policy on a more pervasive level.So began a political movement aimed at increasing chances of employment for formerly incarcerated Americans, and it rallied under a simple and easily remembered name:Ban the Box[3] proposed a simple and easily-enacted solution to the problem: prohibit employers from including the criminal record checkbox on their application forms. It should be noted that this wouldn’t prohibit employers from asking about an applicant’s criminal record in their interview, but it would give formerly incarcerated Americans the chance to get in the door in the first place to have the opportunity to present and advocate for themselves as human beings, rather than just having their applications die on the desk.It should be noted that the main organizers and exponents of the Ban the Box effort were primarily non-white racial and criminal justice advocates. Indeed the movement was most fervently supported by people who had experienced the effects of racial discrimination themselves, and had studied the racial struggle in America. One might think that they would be about the best experts we have on the effects of insidious and institutionalized Racism.But in this case, Racism outfoxed them.After numerous states and municipalities passed legislation or ordinances forbidding the question on applications, there was a shocking unforeseen side effect:Across the board, job applications from African Americans became far less likely to elicit a callback from a prospective employer, and the disparity between White and Black applicants widened many times over.[4] [5] [6]Image credit[7]To be clear, Black Americans with criminal records did indeed see some small increase in the likelihood of receiving callbacks, but Blacks without criminal records suffered such a shocking penalty that their chance of receiving a callback became closer to the rates of those with criminal records with the box than they had previously seen themselves under the same conditions. Meanwhile, White applications actually benefitted from the measure.Take a minute to think about that.What Ban the Box should illustrate to us.What I find most interesting about the Ban the Box debacle is how American Racial and Liberal activists had managed to so deeply underestimate the nature of Racism in America. I don’t mean that as an accusation against them, because I am one of them myself.In my own capacity as an advocate for criminal justice reform, I had myself been a supporter of the Ban the Box effort. It seemed like a good idea to me. How had I so failed to grasp the nature of Racism in my nation? How had this well-intentioned effort so backfired, hurting the very people it was trying to uplift?In the time since its failure, I have asked myself that question repeatedly, and the only answer I have found is not a pleasant one to accept.We thought that it was the box that was holding people back, when in fact it had been Racism from the beginning.For African-Americans, the criminal record question had not been an opportunity to have their application discounted unjustly as we had imagined. On the contrary, it had been a chance for them to positively assert that—contrary to the dominant social narrative—they were not criminals.And this led to an even more revolting realization.In the minds of Americans, the basic state of Blackness was inherently Criminal. Unless given the chance to actively assert that they did not have criminal records, Black applicants were all naturally assumed to be criminals solely on account of their Blackness.Forgive my language, dear reader, but that is fucked up. That is just about the ugliest truth I have ever been forced by the heavy hand of failure to accept about my nation. I wish that it weren’t so. I wish that I could devise an explanation that didn’t disgust me quite so much. But that is undoubtedly what the evidence suggests.Racism isn’t a fringe belief that some tiki-torch fanatics hold, it is a cancer in our society. In the beginning, it may have been confined to specific regions and causes, but it has metastasized, and now infects every part of our body politic. It has been internalized into the minds of the American populace on a level that is difficult to see without such incisive illustrations as the unintended damage caused by Banning the Box.I also think that this sad unintended social experiment should teach us something about the nature of Racism as a more-than-individual phenomenon. While some Conservatives may be inclined to views these discrepancies as reflections of individual racism by individual employers, the damage of that racism is clearly societal in scope. This isn’t something that can be solved by making some employers attend diversity training.Honestly, I’m not sure how—or even if—these problems can be solved. What I do know is that overcoming Racism in America will require a tectonic shift in our philosophy across the board.So that is how a bunch of people, myself included, underestimated just how deeply the threads of Racism have been woven into the fabric our society, and how it derailed a well-intended and rational effort. Because Racism isn’t rational, but that doesn’t mean that our reasoning is immune to its influence. On the contrary, it is perhaps the delusion most deeply intertwined with our national consciousness.It is also ugly, and I understand the desire to ignore it more than perhaps I ought to. I have always been a dreamer and an idealist, and the idea that we might really be on the cusp of a truly liberated world is an opiate that can be hard to deny myself at times. The sheer potential of a world unrestrained by this particular delusion is as sweet as a sunrise over Morningside Park, and the fact that I will never live to see that new dawn is a pain that, on some dark nights, drags my heart toward despair.But that doesn’t mean it won’t come someday, and it sure as hell doesn’t mean that it isn’t a future worth fighting for.But for now, as we strive toward that new birth of freedom, we shouldn’t underestimate the pervasive and insidious corrosion of Racist ideas which, despite being socially constructed, have become the central framework that buttresses our very concept of social value and our narrative of justice and innocence.I will close with a quote from Malcolm X, which is at once both a song of hope and an indictment of complicity:Once you change your philosophy, you change your thought pattern. Once you change your thought pattern, you change your — your attitude. Once you change your attitude, it changes your behavior pattern and then you go on into some action. As long as you got a sit-down philosophy, you’ll have a sit-down thought pattern, and as long as you think that old sit-down thought you’ll be in some kind of sit-down action.[8]I say it’s time to stand up to Institutional Racism in our society and, while I may not know just what victory will entail or even look like, I know that the first step is to recognize its presence in our midst, even in our own minds and those of our communities.Thank you for reading.Footnotes[1] Charlottesville car attack - Wikipedia[2] Peter Kruger's answer to Who are the Left Brain contributors? Could they introduce themselves? in Left Brain[3] Ban the Box - Wikipedia[4] https://www.nber.org/papers/w22469.pdf[5] “Ban the Box” does more harm than good[6] When Banning One Kind of Discrimination Results in Another[7] The Effects of 'Ban the Box' on the Employment of Black Men | Econofact[8] "The Ballot or The Bullet" by Malcom X (Detroit 1964)