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I wonder what’s the strongest steel-man rebuttal to the opinions in this article ?
There isn't one. Americans don't know how to reconcile their history of institutional racism with the current liberal understanding of what it means to live in a meritocratic society. This is mostly because Americans refuse to reify and deal with socioeconomic class structures that give certain groups in certain classes various advantages. Race is a red herring, the real distinctions are of socioeconomic class and legacy generational wealth inherited from racist policies.
As long as race is used as a stand-in for socioeconomic class nothing will change. The people that benefited from racist policies in the past continue to pass on those advantages to their descendants. This is particularly visible in educational institutions with legacy admissions. Groups that were disadvantaged continue to be disadvantaged because generational wealth is not something that can be "fixed" by re-balancing admissions across racial boundaries. The real problem isn't one's race but which bracket of the socioeconomic ladder one was born into.
This article overall is also kind sophomoric since it doesn't address any of the root causes of inequality and assumes race is the real issue.
As long as race is used as a stand-in for socioeconomic class nothing will change. The people that benefited from racist policies in the past continue to pass on those advantages to their descendants. This is particularly visible in educational institutions with legacy admissions. Groups that were disadvantaged continue to be disadvantaged because generational wealth is not something that can be "fixed" by re-balancing admissions across racial boundaries. The real problem isn't one's race but which bracket of the socioeconomic ladder one was born into.
This article overall is also kind sophomoric since it doesn't address any of the root causes of inequality and assumes race is the real issue.