The problem of equality
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The studies of inequality must incorporate the racial aspects. Although many believe that a right mix of socioeconomic and political reform may reduce inequality between races, after forty years this method has failed to bring about desired racial equality in the US. Social critics fail to justify their opinion that racial inequality is the product of 'societal' condition. A new line of argument is gaining ground in the US that genetic and biochemical factors influence racial behaviour and thus have a bearing on the inequality among races.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1995
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Is there bias in U.S. law enforcement?
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Statistics show that people of black origin in the United States have a higher arrest rate than the white Americans. There have been suggestions for ethnic quotas in death sentences to counter arbitrary arrests made by the police. There does appear to be evidence that African-Americans do commit more crimes that Americans of other races, despite the potential for higher rates of law enforcement against African-Americans.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1995
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The 'Problem of Equality' revisited: a rejoinder to Stretesky
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The empirical validity of egalitarianism was tested in the 1995 essay entitled 'The Problem of Equality.' The paper emphasized on the relationship of socio-economic inequality and human diversity. However, the article's empirical basis has been criticized and the paper itself rejected. The scientific basis of the assertion that human differences explain socio-ecomic inequality is established.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1997
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