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The color of money: race not only matters--it determines whether you make a living wage.(TO THE POINT)
THE PROPONENTS OF "RACE NEUTRAL" policymaking got a boost from a Pew Research Center poll in November 2007. Among the most widely cited findings was this provocative nugget: 53 percent of Black respondents agreed that Blacks "who can't get ahead in this country are mostly responsible for their own condition." Only 30 percent pointed to discrimination.
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The poll likely heartened white people and others weary of thinking about racism. Finally, it seemed to signal that a majority of Blacks have accepted the conservative explanation for economic distress: moral iniquity and lack of individual initiative. On NPR, Black commentator Juan ...
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