If Pres. Johnson had to implement programs then obviously there was a problem in our society that kept the poor in an underpriviledged state. He saw a need and was advised by minoritiy groups of different situations that needed to be addressed.

The Housing Program was to help poor especially Black Americans but apartments were built in slum areas so they still couldn't get out of ghettos. Look at Detriot, Michigan and the ghetto uprising where 43 laid dead because of inadequate housing, and to this day Detroit is the worst ghetto, they have tried to fix it but it's unfixable. Don't go there.

The Kerner Report of 1968 said we have 2 societies, Black and White. In Pres. Johnson's speech at Howard University he acknowledges this concept saying Blacks have been another nation, without freedom, hated and no opportunities. He says to gain this opportunity we need to use our abilities but abilities are stunted by neighborhoods you live in, inadequate schools children attend, the slavery history of the Black race which holds them back.

In the cartoon the Black man is weighed down by centuries of slavery shown by the ball and chain, he can't forget his legacy of slavery and the White man doesn't want him to forget it. For the White man to get ahead and on top of the economic ladder he forces the Black man down and steps on him to get to the top(called enslavement). Finally the Black man gets the ball and chain off, the White man apologizes for being a racist but won't help the Black man get on top. White man says that would be reverse racist. It takes a very insecure and scared person to hold another down. A truly secure person wouldn't have to worry about losing everything if he helped somone else to attain their goals.