| I don't even know you're drawing these conclusions from what I'm saying. Here: Result I'm looking for: Decent baseline of financial stability among African-Americans Objective: Get educational attainment and good employment up Major factors I think are necessary (for relatively quick results, anyways): - culture shifts towards focusing on education - government funds public schools in terms of materials, transportation, teachers, etc. - reduce college tuition somehow - race-blind hiring/whatever policies I'm just trying to justify why I think the culture is important. There is evidence that culture is important. Furthermore, I'm saying that there's currently a lack of that education-focused culture and that's why e.g. Baltimore isn't doing too great even with all the funding. So you should at most have an issue with - culture shift necessary (which embodies "current culture not working") I don't see where your evidence that culture isn't an important factor here is. Also, I'm not here to talk about historic grievances and bias and all that. I'm trying to discuss a way out, not bemoan the current circumstances or hope the world magically changes overnight. |
That is abundantly clear. Here it is in a nutshell: *if* you accept that "culture is important," *then* you cannot have "race-blind hiring/whatever policies," *because* you have already accepted that one culture values hard work more than another culture.
When you reject that "culture is important," then you can hire individuals based on their merits, instead of the opinions you have about their culture. Making decisions about individuals based on opinions you have about their culture is the definition of racism.