If societies do not bring equal opportunities based on merit and ability, independent of race, gender or social origin, then today's social and economic status may be transmitted from parents to their offspring.
Taylor uses it as an example of the different capacities and abilities of races.
It has to lie, if anywhere, in scientific advance and the ability of the human race to muddle through somehow.
The scattering of humans over the whole Earth from our origins in Africa is testimony to the ability of our own race at least, to keep on moving for a long time.
The ability of the human race to build these magnificent structures goes beyond me.
However, it is not courageous to call into question the ability of an entire race, especially concerning our young people who are actively trying to make a better life for themselves.
The court he has led since 2005 has cut back on campaign spending limits, gun control laws, procedural protections for criminal defendants and the government's ability to take account of race in decisions about employment and education.
For all his fulminations against hated stereotypes, Kipling the writer was remarkable for his ability to jump barriers of race and class: as a young journalist in Lahore, he spent his spare time prowling the bazaars and back streets, and in his poems and stories he caught the attitudes as well as the intonations of Cockney privates and Simla snobs.
The considerable challenges Fryer overcame in his own childhood left me concerned that he has deeply unresolved issues toward his father, his family, his people and himself that may ultimately compromise his ability to understand fully the issues of race, class and power in America.
"The future of the racing industry is the ability to expand your distribution of race simulcasts," said Mr. Falcone of Bear Stearns.
