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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Dwight Rousu
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by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 1, 2008

A relatively minor piece with an interesting point. The quoted study does not distinguish between the wrench raising racist instincts when it could be raising anxiety. Also, reporting the averages of racist responses ignores the extremes wherein lie both the biggest problems and the greatest hopes. A statistician is known to have drowned in a river with an average depth of 2 inches.

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