This question is not meant to imply that they weren't; I simply was not alive then and do not know. But the rhetoric often used is that everything would be perfect if we would go back to the time of Reagan.
Hard to evaluate this question as stated, but if you're asking, "Why do Republicans like Reagan", here's an answer I gave a while back: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/30dvyd/why_is_ronald_reagan_so_praised_and_revered_by/cprlqb8
A related question, but did African American incomes really stagnate during his presidency? Was there a reason for this?