Genetic factors (such as lower IQ)
What is the best source for this in your view?
Historical factors, Cultural factors, Economic factors
Is it your view that past slavery in America still has a large impact on African Americans in the present day U.S.?
It seems obvious to me that it does, and that the effects are wide and deep, as slavery (and Jim Crow) is relatively recent history—We're only a handful of generations from a time where a race of people was enslaved and systemically kept from accumulating wealth and education.
...I don't think a reasonable open discussion is possible.
Meh. Maybe. I'd like to believe I'm a reasonable guy. My views on these issues are largely ignorant and I'm open to learning.
Is it your view that past slavery in America still has a large impact on African Americans in the present day U.S.?
What do you mean with that question? How do you compare the present state of the US with a counterfactual US where African Americans weren't in slavery?
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post, then it goes here.
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