The persistence of racism even among the well-intentioned

Negative stereotypes about Blacks in the U.S. have declined dramatically since the 1930s -- practically no white person to will say that Blacks are lazy, or superstitious, or many other stereotypes, when these views were common 80 years ago.

Yet huge racial disparities still exist infant mortality, unemployment, and poverty are found more than twice as often among Blacks than whites, and these numbers haven't changed since the 1960s.

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Roland F. Hirsch
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece has modest journalistic merit. The author reports accurately on the opinions and information gathered by one author in one lecture. The author should have read more widely on the subject in order to know what a wider range of social scientists have said on the subject. He should start by reading the recent books by Thomas Sowell, the acknowledged expert on the subject.

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