“While there are numerous examples of how economic, educational, and governmental organizations unintentionally produce unequal racial outcomes, it is also the case that certain institutions do better than others in reducing racial inequalities. Some universities that use affirmative action policies, for example, do better at graduating Black students than universities that admit students strictly on the basis of test scores. Nor do Blacks with low test scores always have lower graduation rates, as is typically assumed. It makes sense to focus our attention on institutional practices that mitigate and reduce racial inequalities. These practices will not be discovered, however, when one looks for racism in individual motivations and presumes that people with good intentions will do the right thing if only government gets out of the way.”
(via newwavefeminism)
