Liberal Racism Racial division in American society has always been a critical social, political and economic issue. Andrew Hacker in his work 'Tow Nations' argues that racism still plagues our society and its various sectors and also accounts for poor performance or low representation of blacks in various job and educational sectors. Glenn Loury attacks Hacker for his oversimplified vision in his own review of Two Nations entitled 'Liberal Racism'. I agree that Hacker's is probably the most cliched argument we have ever heard and what is even more hackneyed about the whole writing is the way Hacker tries to impose his views without presented any evidence to support his thesis. Granted, blacks are not as dominant in medicine or that black children's performance on SATs and other standardized tests is at par with their white counterparts but how can we prove that it is due to poor exposure which restricts their reasoning power. There are no studies that the author could use to prove his argument even...

Hacker also goes on to attack the terms that described people from other races and one wonders what makes him think that entire English language reflects biased white attitude towards colored people. What is even more frustrating is Hacker's inability to be objective when discussing rising crime rate among blacks. It is true that racism still exists in subtle ways but to excuse someone's criminal behavior on grounds on racism is totally unjustifiable. To make a piece of writing on a controversial subject more credible, it is important to use peer reviewed studies, to view the issue with complete objectivity and to never compromise on universal agreed upon moral and ethical boundaries. For example, to kill someone is wrong and if a black person does that, we shouldn't try to justify it on the grounds of racial victimization that the criminal has endured. Though every sane white person would want…