{"product_id":"9781641774994-when-race-trumps-merit","title":"When Race Trumps Merit","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes your workplace have too few black people in top jobs? It’s racist. Does the advanced math and science high school in your city have too many Asians? It’s racist. Does your local museum employ too many white women? It’s racist, too. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, prestigious American institutions, from the medical profession to the fine arts, pleaded guilty to “systemic racism.” How else explain why blacks are overrepresented in prisons and underrepresented in C-suites and faculty lounges, their leaders asked? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe official answer for those disparities is “disparate impact,” a once obscure legal theory that is now transforming our world. Any traditional standard of behavior or achievement that impedes exact racial proportionality in any enterprise is now presumed racist. Medical school admissions tests, expectations of scientific accomplishment in the award of research grants, the enforcement of the criminal law—all are under assault, because they have a “disparate impact” on underrepresented minorities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Race Trumps Merit\u003c\/i\u003e provides an alternative explanation for those racial disparities. It is large academic skills gaps that cause the lack of proportional representation in our most meritocratic organizations and large differences in criminal offending that account for the racially disproportionate prison population. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe administration of Donald Trump has taken aim at disparate impact doctrine, following a roadmap laid out by \u003ci\u003eWhen Race Trumps Merit\u003c\/i\u003e. The book’s analysis remains as urgent as ever. As long as alleged racism remains the only allowable explanation for racial differences, we will continue tearing down excellence and putting lives, as well as civilizational achievement, at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57588604109174,"sku":"9781641774994","price":21.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40388731.jpg?v=1774976385","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781641774994-when-race-trumps-merit","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}