Sununu’s “Equity” CV Response Team wants CARES virus money to go to minorities. This is racist. It should go to those most economically affected. Per the team’s report:
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“The argument of ‘intentionality’ is not the main focus of the determination of the existence of racism within any social or political system, it is the ‘outcome’ that is core to dismantling the impact of how these systems are disproportionately disadvantaging some groups while advantaging others,..”
Shall we break that down?
Are churches that are established by blacks, racist churches? Let’s see. They are a socioreligious “system.” Whether they intend to keep whites out or not, the “outcome” is that only blacks go. QED black churches are racist themselves, whether intentionality is to be open to whites or not.
Oh, and how about the “outcome” of the Black Lives Matter political “system”? The answer to that should be obvious as well.
One can see the report’s theory does not meet the mark of either good philosophy or good social science. No one can show that “outcomes” of “systems” are “core” to dismantling disparate group impacts.
An interesting further inquiry is, how would those systems be “dismantled”? Will Tolerance Training affect the “outcome”? The intention, said to be the core of racism?
Let’s tackle that.
The report urges ignoring opinions and focusing on “dismantling” “systems” because of their “outcomes.” Meaning wherever blacks are “disadvantaged” (however broadly that is defined), we must fix those systems.
First, how is it they can prove a system caused the disadvantage(s)? Just saying it was racist in the past is not germane for today.
Second, leaving, for now, the type of fixes to be applied to systems, how can it be proven that the fixes will rectify the disadvantage(s)? Are there studies showing correlations between the fixes and the eradication of the disadvantage(s)? Will interactive effects be identified and segregated?
How are we to fix anybody’s desire (black or white) to do immoral things like deal drugs, engage in prostitution, hate and attack others, loot, fight police/law and order, abandon children, join gangs, eschew work and education?
And how are we to fix an agency head’s desire to do immoral things to hurt people, like select people to discriminate against, tout rules and regulations that are unjust, hire hateful people, and write untruthful reports?
Whether whites, blacks, reds, greens, or purples experience disparate “outcomes,” these are not systemic in origin. Systems are composed of and managed by humans. Their “outcomes” derive from human nature. One can disprove systemic origins by examining the individual members of those systems. Further, US law and policy favoring some individuals and disadvantaging others need to be accounted for.
Clearly, the problem we face is human nature. Didn’t Seattle’s CHAZ teach us that rampant immorality and lawlessness are their own “outcomes,” and that they adversely impact others?
Which of the following will solve a disparity in, say, crime: more lenient sentences for blacks or equal application of sentencing to all?
Does the Sununu task force want affirmative action in all aspects of life touched by state agencies? Can you see no car registration fee for blacks – and double the fee for whites to make up for it?
Any disadvantage is the result of a person’s inner life, his conscience–the presence or lack of morality. Which, of course, is the intentionality the report says is immaterial to racism. Morality can no state can fix without fiats, which won’t work anyway. It all comes down to the quality of families who nurture and train individuals.
The governor and his group should stop designating the source of racism as governmental agencies (“systems”) and instead look at both the people in charge of the agencies and the behavior of those they serve (the indubitable “outcomes”).