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So why don't we address the issue at its root and use wealth as the primary factor for diversity versus the proxy of race?

• munchbunny 8y ago
  Race is by itself a root cause. You only need to look at the white nationalists who've come out of the woodwork recently to see that. Case in point, do you think this can be fixed by fixing wealth disparities? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/28/vermonts-only-black-female-representative-resigns-after-racial-harassment-threats https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/2...
  • toasterlovin 8y ago
    > Race is by itself a root cause. Racism exists. But there are many black and brown ethnic groups that do better than whites in the US[0]. In fact, the highest earning ethnic group in the US are brown! And immigrants from The Caribbean (who are predominantly indistinguishable from black Americans) tend to earn more income than American born whites. So while race may be an issue, the hypothesis that it is the predominant issue doesn’t seem to line up with the data. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_U...
    • munchbunny 8y ago
      This isn't a data issue, it's a problem where you're trying to bend the data to your point. Just because Indians earn more on average doesn't mean Black people don't face clear racism problems. As an analogy, just because most people didn't get their data stolen in the latest Facebook breach doesn't mean Facebook doesn't have a security problem.