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Chapter two: Why Does Racial Inequality Persist?
Glenn Loury argues that racism and slavery have had an impact on the state of Black Americans today, but it isn’t wholly to blame for all current problems. Furthermore, America is not a country that was founded on racist ideals, but rather a country that matured and eventually abolished slavery to live up to the ideal of equality under the law.
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Additional resources:
Watch “Not Buying It: Glenn Loury, Ian Rowe, and Robert Woodson Debunk Myths about the Black Experience in America,” on Uncommon Knowledge. Available here: www.hoover.org/research/not-b....
Watch “Glenn Loury Interview: Race Relations in America Today,” on Independent Truths via Independent Institute. Available here: www.independent.org/multimedi....
Read “Discrimination and Disparities,” by Thomas Sowell. Available here: www.hoover.org/research/discr....
Watch “Thomas Sowell on the Origins of Economic Disparities,” on Uncommon Knowledge. Available here: www.hoover.org/research/thoma....
Read “Affirmative Action’s Unconvincing Defenders,” by Richard Epstein. Available here: www.hoover.org/research/affir....
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