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Fryer has a huge appetite for advocacy but a far larger appetite for science, and as a scientist he won't exclude any possibilities, including black behaviors, from the menu of factors that contribute to the black condition

The politics & sensitivities are so imbedded into this debate that white researchers steer away. This guy may bring some much needed science into the issue.

Not just white researchers. Other black researchers don't want to touch the issue because they might get answers they don't want to see.

''The inclination to look for an explanation based on some sort of group-based dysfunctionality is an instinct I don't have,'' Darity says.

It's not a matter of looking for an explanation based totally on group dysfunctionality, but this guy sounds like he refuses to even consider it as a contributing factor. Fryer has ruffled some feathers by his willingness to consider all possibilities.