Re:Americans are not very ethnocentric (Score 1)

The original post bothered me enough to register an account and post. Your point on socio-economic backgrounds and their correlations with race and educational opportunities is a good one. You are missing an important observation, however. What's the one of the quickest ways to determine whether or not someone is from said disadvantaged background? Check their race. I had a fascinating class last semester on language and culture. One case we studied was racial discrimination on housing. The researcher (a black man) called various appartments, first using a stereotypically "white accent", then a "black accent". The difference in the responses he recieved was astonishing. The connections between race and socio-economic background have created new stereotypes that must be considered. Whether an employer prefers one race over another due to correlations, "facts", or no reason at all is besides the point, it's still racism.