Different choices make for different rewards. Women make only 77 cents per each dollar made by males. Outrageous! Sex discrimination! So say advocates of government-enforced "equality." But they are wrong. Women today are rarely victims of salary discrimination. If they were, market competition would punish bosses who ... MORE
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Showing posts with label disparity. Show all posts
Bob Taylor: Jackie Robinson And Political Correctness
Society is an ever-evolving process. Jackie Robinson did more than simply change the face of baseball when he broke the race barrier in the sport sixty-six years ago. Robinson changed the course of history. He opened the gates for African American athletes to compete in all team sports, not just baseball and, in the process, he was also a major catalyst in ... MORE
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baseball,
civil rights,
discrimination,
disparity,
political correctness,
politics,
quotas,
race
Walter E Williams: Are We Equal?
Are women equal to men? Are Jews equal to gentiles? Are blacks equal to Italians, Irish, Polish and other white people? The answer is probably a big fat no, and the pretense or assumption that we are equal — or should be equal — is foolhardy and creates mischief. Let's look at it. Male geniuses outnumber female geniuses 7-to-1. Female ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Intellectuals And Race
Who creates the greatest hurdle to blacks? After reading Dr. Thomas Sowell's latest book, "Intellectuals and
Race," one cannot emerge with much respect for the reasoning powers of
intellectuals, particularly academics, on matters of race. There's so
much faulty logic and downright dishonesty. Many intellectuals attribute the behavior patterns ... MORE
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banking,
Blacks,
discrimination,
disparity,
equality,
multiculturalism,
politicians,
racism,
slavery
Thomas Sowell - Intellectuals And Race
Racism is now a default explanation. There are so many fallacies about race that it would be hard to say
which is the most ridiculous. However, one fallacy behind many other
fallacies is the notion that there is something unusual about different
races being unequally represented in various institutions, careers or at
different income or ... MORE
Walter E Williams: The Rich Don't Pay Enough?
Obama exploits ignorance on taxes. If you listen to America's political hacks, mainstream media talking heads and their socialist allies, you can't help but reach the conclusion that the nation's tax burden is borne by the poor and middleclass while the rich get off scot-free. Stephen Moore, senior economics writer for The Wall ... MORE
Thomas Sowell: Sports Versus Politics
Empirical evidence has great value. It has long seemed to me that there is far more rationality in sports, and in commentaries on sports, than there is in politics and in commentaries on politics. What has puzzled me is why this is so, when what happens in politics has far more serious effects on people's lives. To take one common example, there are many people ... MORE
Walter E Williams: Stubborn Ignorance
Racism by the numbers. Academic intelligentsia, their media, government and corporate enthusiasts worship at the altar of diversity. Despite budget squeezes, universities have created diversity positions, such as director of diversity and inclusion, manager of diversity recruitment, associate dean for diversity, vice president of ... MORE
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discrimination,
disparity,
diversity,
gender,
legislation,
policy,
quotas,
race,
reason,
statistics
Thomas Sowell: Race And Rhetoric
Looking beyond rhetoric to reality. One of the things that turned up, during a long-overdue cleanup of my office, was an old yellowed copy of the New York Times dated July 24, 1992. One of the front-page headlines said: "White-Black Disparity in Income Narrowed in 80's, Census Shows." The 1980s? Wasn't that the years of the Reagan administration, the "decade of ... MORE
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Blacks,
disparity,
government,
income,
liberalism,
policy,
politics,
unemployment,
welfare state
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