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Title: Intergroup Disparity: Why Culture Is Irrelevant

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2002

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Abstract: am going to propose that we dispense with culture as an explanation for intergroup disparity and get on with doing a serious investigation of the persistence of gaps between nations or between racial or ethnic groups. The basis in evidence for cultural determinism is so shallow--largely a string of anecdotes--that the continuity and persuasiveness of these arguments must be better understood as a matter of racial ideology than serious analysis. Culture becomes a refuge for shabby research. Cultural variations do not explain economic differences between groups.

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Authors: Darity, William Jr

Periodical (Full): The Review of Black Political Economy

Issue: 4

Volume: 29

Pages: 77-90

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage, Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare, Race and Ethnicity

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