[Sharlin]

Is there any evidence that this has ever explained anything, or is it just racism? Seems like it's the go-to argument of some people to explain away just about any situation where some other country has something desirable and the US doesn't. "We can't have nice things because black people"?

[scarface74]

No it’s not because of Black people - it’s because when you don’t have racial homogeneity, people are worried about “them” taking advantage of the system.

It’s a lot easier to be generous to people who “could be their child/relative”. You see the same thing in the justice system.

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/47159874.pdf

[briandear]

What does the data say?