[PapaBear3625]

Sociology is complex because it necessarily intersects with psychology, economics, politics, anthropology, and even evolutionary biology. Sociologists are no smarter than other social scientists. No one could possibly master all these disciplines. It is no surprise, then, that this mélange has evolved in multiple directions that often have little connection with one another. The study of race and ethnicity is possibly the dominant, certainly the most visible, part of contemporary sociology with “gender studies” a close second. It has explicitly abandoned any allegiance to science, as we will see.

When a "study" has strong political implications, you can forget about scientific objectivity.

Look at "Climate Science". Your results had better align with the political objectives of the people who fund your grants, or else.

[KarlInOhio]

The momochromats, dichromats and anomalous trichromats will be raising their red banner of outrage against the offensive term in this article. No, the red banner. Red. You've raised the green banner of outrage... I think. Raise them both just to be sure.

[cyclotic]

Oh, so now as a white guy, I’m supposed to discriminate against people with different skin color?

No thanks. I prefer color blindness. Content of character and all that sort of stuff.

[IronJack]

Those classes are, by definition, racist, since they generalize about an entire group of people based on nothing more than their ethnicity. The assumption is that all members of that ethnic class share characteristics. Which may be true to some degree for phenotypes, but is almost certainly NEVER true for personalities, abilities, and values.

[Repealthe17thAmendment]

Yes, I grew up with the idea that race was irrelevant, and character is what mattered.

But today, if someone does not acknowledge the racism of the past, they are racist.

So now, it is not character that matters because the acts of the past have inhibited character development.

It is a rationalization that will prolong the disparity, not end it.