Comments on: Is the American economy hurtful towards Blacks? http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/is-the-american-economy-hurtful-towards-blacks Engaging the culture by challenging the status quo Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MIB http://www.blackinformant.com/uncategorized/is-the-american-economy-hurtful-towards-blacks/comment-page-1#comment-3557 MIB Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:44:17 +0000 http://blackinformant.com/2006/11/14/is-the-american-economy-hurtful-towards-blacks/#comment-3557 Correlation does not equal causation. There are too many instances of individuals overcoming dysfunctional personal environments to achieve upward socioeconomic mobility for 'culture' to stand true as a primary indicator for success. But more specifically, the economy is a reflection of how society at large manages (distributes) its material wealth and commerce. Political will is manifest in any number of commercial regulations as well as fiscal and monetary policies that in turn has much more direct influence over an individual's mobility than their private behaviors. Correlation does not equal causation. There are too many instances of individuals overcoming dysfunctional personal environments to achieve upward socioeconomic mobility for ‘culture’ to stand true as a primary indicator for success.

But more specifically, the economy is a reflection of how society at large manages (distributes) its material wealth and commerce. Political will is manifest in any number of commercial regulations as well as fiscal and monetary policies that in turn has much more direct influence over an individual’s mobility than their private behaviors.

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