Posted on 11/25/2022 6:37:25 PM PST by karpov
I wonder if there are any "progressives" willing to accept that the graduating classes at major American colleges being mostly white and Asian also has nothing to do with racism.
It's not racism that's holding back blacks. It's hedonism.
Similar truth for chicks and STEM.
Can’t believe WSJ allowed this article!!!
I agree that a skills gap causes the disparity but dig deeper. What causes the skills gap? Could it be culture in the community one is raised where perhaps education may or may not be primary value. Contrast Asian American culture where education and discipline are strongly valued to other communities that don’t assign as high a valuation. One can look across the broad spectrum of diverse cultural communities in the US and see the pecking order of success is closely aligned with the valuation a culture places on education and discipline. If community members want to chip away at the disparity, its individual members must put aside the excuses and individually look within, and not collectively look to the government, to instill those values.
RE: disparity doesn’t necessarily imply racism....
Sorry, everything implies racism in this nation founded in order to implement enslavement of black people. Kids are learning that in school.
Multi-generational bad decision making has consequences.
“Can’t believe WSJ allowed this article!!!”
Neither can I. Is there a pool on the first fire-bombing date yet?
Anyone who can’t see that Asians, who, oftentimes, didn’t even learn English until they were 8 or 9 years old, withstood HORRIBLE conditions in their birth nations, and suffered terrible familial losses, not to mention the incredible racism from blacks and latinos upon arriving here, is willfully blind.
Yet, some how, not cutting classes, working hard, aspiring to succeed academically, build nuclear families, and shun criminality, was a recipe for success, that can be overlooked.
IQ curves...
What if Trump used that line that every black student needs to know? The WSJ would be criticizing him.
A flat out rejection of basic western constructs (math, reading, writing, history, laws) is not disparity, its an irrational choice.
Shoplifting is not a skill?
It’s not color. It’s upbringing.
What causes the skills gap? Could it be culture in the community one is raised where perhaps education may or may not be primary value.
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Bingo. That is all it is. That is all it has ever been. Success in life correlates very strongly with the culture in the community and the home you are raised in.
To bad this obvious truth is not more widely recognized.
Bkmk
Funny how “equity” doesn’t apply to football, basketball, baseball, etc.
The skills you learn are important. With that said, everyone has biases, and employers are no exception. We’re all being sized up by height, weight, age, manner of dress, regional accent, race/ethnicity, personality, etc. Just do your best and keep moving forward. That’s all anyone can do.
By worshiping at the alter of “multiculturalism”, progressives intrinsically acknowledge that different cultures exist. Why should we be surprised if one culture would be more successful than another in any particular endeavor?
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