Date of Award
5-9-2015
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Philosophy
First Advisor
Andrew Altman
Second Advisor
Andrew Cohen
Third Advisor
Sebastian Rand
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Socioeconomic disparities between whites and blacks are pervasive in American society. Structuring of the discussion of these disproportions is the liberal race relations paradigm. According to Racial Liberalism, racial inequalities are an impermanent feature of American society because they are due primarily to race prejudice and discriminatory practices, which are continuously diminishing among whites. Challenging this view is Racial Realism. Racial Realism attributes the persistence of racial inequality to institutional privileges whites retain and refuse to relinquish whether or not they are conscious of them. I argue that Racial Realism, with some qualification, is the better explanation for the persistence of racial inequality. Racial inequalities will persist, because American society and its entrenched institutions continue to affirm, white supremacy.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/7003160
Recommended Citation
Thomas, Jon, "Bell's Curve: Why the Arc of American History Does Not Bend Toward Racial Equality." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2015.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/7003160