> If the problem is defined as "prejudice", people are inexorably drawn toward
> strategies and interventions designed to transform the Prejudiced Mind
> rather than the social structures that reproduce patterns of racial
> inequality. Look at it this way: if we eliminated all of the prejudiced
> thinking in our society, 40% of African American children would still be in
> poverty, because that's a product of social structure.
The anti-Reedians have--for at least the two year this discussion has been going on--acknowledged this and specifically rejected "prejudice" as the basis of their argument, but still people feel compelled to raise this point. At this point I can only see it as a red herring.