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This article is published behind a paywall in a "peer-reviewed" journal. It& #39;s actually a racist rant against which all who care about academic standards should protest. #BlackInTheIvory
I& #39;ll post it in full, page by page, in this thread. It& #39;s vile. 1/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-020-00496-1">https://link.springer.com/article/1...
I& #39;ll post it in full, page by page, in this thread. It& #39;s vile. 1/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12115-020-00496-1">https://link.springer.com/article/1...
"minoritiesâ especially blacks and Hispanicsâtypically respond only weakly to chances to get ahead through education and work" [unreferenced]. 2/
!["minoritiesâ especially blacks and Hispanicsâtypically respond only weakly to chances to get ahead through education and work" [unreferenced]. 2/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed1xKZnXoAAK_qX.jpg "\"minoritiesâ especially blacks and Hispanicsâtypically respond only weakly to chances to get ahead through education and work\" [unreferenced]. 2/")
"Many experts .. thought that & #39;social barriers& #39; of some impersonal kind were preventing [poor] adults from workingâ such as racial bias, absence of skills or child care, and so on. But no such clear impediment has been found." [unreferenced] 3/
!["Many experts .. thought that & #39;social barriers& #39; of some impersonal kind were preventing [poor] adults from workingâ such as racial bias, absence of skills or child care, and so on. But no such clear impediment has been found." [unreferenced] 3/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed1xfDRWAAEYu5W.jpg "\"Many experts .. thought that & #39;social barriers& #39; of some impersonal kind were preventing [poor] adults from workingâ such as racial bias, absence of skills or child care, and so on. But no such clear impediment has been found.\" [unreferenced] 3/")
"Today, the seriously poor are mostly blacks and Hispanics, and the main reason is cultural difference. The great fact is that these groups did not come from Europe." [unreferenced]
"They ... must take much more responsibility for themselves" [unreferenced] 4/
!["Today, the seriously poor are mostly blacks and Hispanics, and the main reason is cultural difference. The great fact is that these groups did not come from Europe." [unreferenced]"They ... must take much more responsibility for themselves" [unreferenced] 4/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed1x0S7WkAAzcBx.jpg "\"Today, the seriously poor are mostly blacks and Hispanics, and the main reason is cultural difference. The great fact is that these groups did not come from Europe.\" [unreferenced]\"They ... must take much more responsibility for themselves\" [unreferenced] 4/")
"They ... must take much more responsibility for themselves" [unreferenced] 4/
"For immigrants who have just escaped Third World hardships for affluent America, life is already much improved. Why attempt more?" [unreferenced]
"...female-headed families" = "problem" [unreferenced] 5/
!["For immigrants who have just escaped Third World hardships for affluent America, life is already much improved. Why attempt more?" [unreferenced]"...female-headed families" = "problem" [unreferenced] 5/](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ed1yEroWsAANiKL.jpg "\"For immigrants who have just escaped Third World hardships for affluent America, life is already much improved. Why attempt more?\" [unreferenced]\"...female-headed families\" = \"problem\" [unreferenced] 5/")
"...female-headed families" = "problem" [unreferenced] 5/
"the black middle class....display the same temperament as most whites." [unreferenced]
"Dependent people must finally take charge of
their own fate rather than waiting more passively for outward
change." [unreferenced]
*Whatever else this is, it& #39;s not academic writing* /End
"Dependent people must finally take charge of
their own fate rather than waiting more passively for outward
change." [unreferenced]
*Whatever else this is, it& #39;s not academic writing* /End
PS (highlighted in pink on previous screen shot):
"Publisherâs Note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations."
That is the most blatant statement of moral cowardice I& #39;ve ever seen from a publisher.
"Publisherâs Note: Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations."
That is the most blatant statement of moral cowardice I& #39;ve ever seen from a publisher.
