I suppose a ardent communist might agree with you, however, I think your logic is flawed to assume that where a person lives determines their character or rende

I suppose a ardent communist might agree with you, however, I think your logic is flawed to assume that where a person lives determines their character or renders them powerless to attempt to empathize with someone of a different race and economic status. If you were talking about the impact of immigration you might have a point, such that politicians and 'liberals' maybe less affected by migrants moving into, usually, poor areas. Here though, she theorizes that an innate lack of empathy with different races may account for American attitudes. Personally, I think her argument is flawed or at best too narrow, simply because many countries are fairly happy to live with people of the same ethnicity in poor conditions.