But It's Not

"It's not culture, it's genetics, just look at where the (insert race here) live and see how they are!"

That there is racist.

It's exactly the the lead in that the Klan will give you while they're feeling you out to see if you're a good prospect to join.

The thing is, it is culture.

Indians on reservations fail to thrive because of their culture.  This is despite getting the same education the kids a mile away in the United States get.  Their culture, the reservation culture, dictates they do nothing with the information and stay put where they're not going to have an opportunity to thrive.

I know lots of Indians who have assimilated into the American culture and they're doing great!

I married one, in fact.

Next time you wanna impugn that it's genes, leave an address for Harvey to harangue you at.

Same same for blacks in the ghetto culture.  Same same for hispanics in the bario culture.  Same same for whites in the backwoods hollah culture.  Same same for most anyone who puts getting high/drunk over the basic essentials of life, like a roof over your head.

Emphatically so for the never-left-the-tribal-culture-behind places in Africa.

But it's not consistent enough for it to be genes.  Not like the commenter seems to have thought, anyways.

But I'll offer a "sexist" and "racist" thing for you to chew on.

Why are white men most successful in American culture?

Because only white men are allowed to completely fail.

Wanna add an extra layer?  A Jewish man is allowed utterly fail.

There's not much of safety net or support system enshrined in practice, so they have to swim or drown.

When the choice is so stark, one tends to learn to swim.

But this isn't white men being racist or sexist; it's a response to racism and sexism that says, "you got this, you don't need help; and you're not going to get any help."

Think on it.