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Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Akron Law Faculty Publications
The problem of persistent racial inequality is grounded in a failure of imagination. The general mainstream conception is that unfair racial inequality occurs only when there is intentional racism. Absent conscious racial malice, no racism is seen to exist. The only generally available alternative explanation for racial inequality is the meritocratic system. Viewing the distribution of resources as a product of a generally fair meritocratic system provides a defense against any charge of racism, and justifies the status quo.
But in economics, business, computer science, and even biology, observers of complexity are coming to understand how dominant systems can prevail …
Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Biological Metaphors For Whiteness: Beyond Merit And Malice, Brant T. Lee
Brant T. Lee
The problem of persistent racial inequality is grounded in a failure of imagination. The general mainstream conception is that unfair racial inequality occurs only when there is intentional racism. Absent conscious racial malice, no racism is seen to exist. The only generally available alternative explanation for racial inequality is the meritocratic system. Viewing the distribution of resources as a product of a generally fair meritocratic system provides a defense against any charge of racism, and justifies the status quo.
But in economics, business, computer science, and even biology, observers of complexity are coming to understand how dominant systems can prevail …