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Will Cain Country

From the Vault: The Affirmative Action Myth: Does It Hurt More Than It Helps? (ft. Jason Riley)

Will Cain Country

FOX News Podcasts

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Sports News

4.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Affirmative Action programs were meant to help minority communities, so why did they end up hurting them instead? In this "Best Of" edition of ‘Will Cain Country,’ Author of ‘The Affirmative Action Myth,’ Jason Riley joins Will to break down how the welfare state built up over several decades incentivized unemployment, tore apart families, and overall created perverse incentives that led minorities into a lifestyle which prevented them from building a better life for themselves. Subscribe to ‘Will Cain Country’ on YouTube here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Watch Will Cain Country!⁠⁠⁠ Follow ‘Will Cain Country’ on X (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), Instagram (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), TikTok (⁠⁠⁠@willcainshow⁠⁠⁠), and Facebook (⁠⁠⁠@willcainnews⁠⁠⁠) Follow Will on X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WillCain⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Get started today at Vantor.com. Hey, it's Will Kane. Welcome to Wilcane country. We're taking a little time away, but that doesn't mean the conversation stops. Today, we pulled together a best of show, moments that cut through the noise, sparked real debate, and made you reach out.

0:54.9

It's a solid snapshot of what we've been doing on this program.

0:58.2

Let's get to it.

1:00.2

Jason Riley is a Fox News contributor, a Wall Street Journal columnist and the author of this

1:03.8

brand new book, The Affirmative Action Myth.

1:07.1

Jason, it's great to have you on the show.

1:09.3

Thanks for having me on, Will.

1:11.0

Glad to be here. Talk to me about the myth. Jason, it's great to have you on the show. Thanks for having me on, Will. Glad to be here. Talk to me about the myth. What myth are you attacking? Are you tackling in this

1:18.2

book? Well, the impetus for the book was the 2023 Supreme Court decision and Students for Fair

1:25.1

Admissions v. Harvard that outlawed race-based college

1:29.9

admission, said they were unconstitutional. And there was a lot of chatter around that decision.

1:34.8

I mean, it was not unexpected. People said, the makeup of this court suggested that those

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