But the presumption that we would have equal outcomes for all groups is based in an extremely... juvenile, let's say, an approach to society that is so simplistic as to be juvenile. Because the different racial and ethnic groups in the United States differ in all sorts of ways. All sorts of ways that are completely benign. They differ in average age, for example. They differ in their geographical distribution across the country. They differ in their educational levels and they differ in their culture and their cultural values. And they differ in these ways that are so extraordinary that it would be astonishing if there were equal outcomes among groups, even assuming absolutely pure motives on the part of everybody involved.
~ Tom Woods, "Political Correctness and Argument from Intimidation," Mises Institute speech, 7:00 mark, October 8, 2015
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