greg ation ) ▁as ▁" natural " ▁and ▁" just ▁the ▁way ▁things ▁are ". ▁Cultural ▁rac ism ▁re lies ▁on ▁cultural , ▁rather ▁than ▁bi ological , ▁explan ations ▁such ▁as ▁" black s ▁have ▁too ▁many ▁b ab ies " ▁to ▁account ▁for ▁“ ra cial ” ▁inequality . ▁A ▁fourth ▁frame ▁is ▁minim ization ▁of ▁rac ism . ▁ ▁Support ▁ ▁Professor ▁William ▁Julius ▁Wilson ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁" class ▁was ▁becoming ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁race " ▁in ▁determ ining ▁life ▁prospect s ▁within ▁the ▁black ▁community . ▁ ▁Wilson ▁has ▁published ▁several ▁works ▁including ▁The ▁Dec lin ing ▁Sign ific ance ▁of ▁Race ▁( 1 9 7 8 ) ▁and ▁The ▁Tr uly ▁Dis - adv ant aged ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁explaining ▁his ▁views ▁on ▁black ▁pover ty ▁and ▁ra cial ▁inequality . ▁He ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁aff irm ative ▁action ▁primarily ▁benefits ▁the ▁most ▁privile ged ▁individuals ▁within ▁the ▁black ▁community . ▁This ▁is ▁because ▁strictly ▁race - based ▁programs ▁dis reg ard ▁a ▁candidate ' s ▁so cio e conom ic ▁background ▁and ▁therefore ▁fail ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁poor er ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁black ▁community ▁that ▁actually ▁needs ▁the ▁assistance . ▁In ▁a ▁society ▁where ▁millions ▁of ▁black s ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁and ▁upper ▁classes ▁and ▁millions ▁of ▁whites ▁live ▁in ▁pover ty , ▁race ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁an ▁accurate ▁indic ation ▁of ▁privile ge . ▁Rec ogn izing ▁someone ' s ▁social ▁class ▁is ▁more ▁important ▁than ▁recogn izing