Jason Riley on the causes of racial inequality

Civil rights groups spend most of their time scouring the nation for sightings of Confederate flags and use of the "n" word by white people. In most of our discussions about racial inequality today, the assumption is that racism, by and large, explains racial disparities. That's the starting point. Many people have convinced themselves that evidence of ongoing racial bias proves beyond any doubt that racism in America today remains the major barrier to black progress. Whether other factors play a bigger role is a question seldom asked, let alone investigated with any rigor. In fact, to even ask such a question is enough to earn the wrath of those who believe racism is an all-purpose explanation for bad black outcomes in America today. 

~ Jason L. Riley, "Barriers To Black Progress: Structural, Cultural, Or Both?," Manhattan Institute conference, 2:47 mark, February 11, 2019