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u/MoreDblRainbows · 2 pointsr/Blackfellas

Again, I don't believe this post is saying here look this is the evidence of institutional racism. Its saying these are some of the results.

It does matter. Because as you well know asking a picture to explain to you the causes and "prove" racism is impossible. So I have to assume your point is to say that these disparities are not caused by racism, otherwise the comment is of little to no value.

If you want to read up on the causes, I suggest you start here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Meritocracy-Myth-Stephen-McNamee/dp/0742561682

http://www.amazon.com/Institutional-Racism-America-Louis-Knowles/dp/0134677382

u/GrandmamasHouse · 2 pointsr/sociology
u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/TrueReddit
u/AnarchoDave · 1 pointr/CapitalismVSocialism

>If you google "meritocracy myth", you'll see that there are plenty of lefties who are opposed to meritocracy.

Going from top to bottom:

  1. http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v21/merit.htm <- attacks the the myth is that America IS a meritocracy.
  2. http://www.amazon.com/The-Meritocracy-Myth-Stephen-McNamee/dp/0742561682 <- same as above
  3. http://www.amazon.com/The-Meritocracy-Myth-Stephen-McNamee/dp/0742561674 <- same book as above
  4. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201006/the-myths-the-self-made-man-and-meritocracy <- attacks the the myth is that America IS a meritocracy.
  5. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/02/meritocracy-myth-what-ever-happened-old-dream-classless-society <- attacks a definition of meritocracy with several baked in ideas that are incompatible with a rational conception of merit (genetics, for example)
  6. http://www.uvm.edu/~vtconn/v31/Alvarado.pdf <- attacks the the myth is that America IS a meritocracy.


    What am I looking for here?