Question: How do we know that systemic racism exists?
Answer: Disparities. For example, the wealth gap, the health gap, the education gap, the criminal justice gap.
In this episode I explore the housing disparity, the wealth gap, the education gap, the effects of welfare, and the breakdown of the African American family.
Drawing on Thomas Sowell, Glynn Loury, and Wilfred Reilly, I answer these questions with data.
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Discrimination and Disparities. by Thomas Sowell
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