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Racial Inequality

Racial Inequality

Q In describing solutions to racial inequality, your text points out that conservatives focus on culture and personal effort while liberals focus on the role of social forces and government. Given what you have learned about the history of redlining and institutional discrimination, which view do you find most convincing? Explain your answer with reference to the text's discussion of these stances, as well as the content in module four.

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I have identified that the conservative focus on culture and personal effort can be considered as the most convincing for understanding the concept of the racial inequality. Racial inequality in not something new in the society. In the provided textbook, the racial inequality has been mentioned because of personal and cultural differences only (Macionis, p. 61). An individual lives in the society and embrace the existing culture. The cultural identity of a particular group can gives rise to the racial inequality.