Conservatives use voluntary organizations to solve problems, which is how humanity has mostly done it. Government is non-voluntary, coercive, and that's what leftists prefer. Conservatives are the true progressives: Conservatives foster greater economic equity in general: https://medium.com/non-violence/democrats-impoverish-african-americans-republicans-greater-racial-equality-841114a21626 and for African Americans in particular as well: https://medium.com/non-violence/democrats-impoverish-african-americans-republicans-greater-racial-equality-841114a21626