Frank R. Baumgartner

The Cost of Racial Equality

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Let’s do the math. What has been the cost of historical discrimination against black Americans, and what would be the cost of atonement? What are the odds of enacting policies whose economic scope is commensurate with the size of the problem, given the stark opposition by whites to economically minor policies that have been enacted in the past? The math is sobering, but the analysis is trenchant.”