. ▁She ▁arg ues ▁that ▁this ▁inheritance ▁is ▁unlikely ▁to ▁be ▁forth coming ▁if ▁one ' s ▁ancest ors ▁were ▁slaves , ▁and ▁privileges ▁wh iten ess , ▁mal eness , ▁and ▁heter osex ual ity . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁concerns ▁that ▁majority ▁groups ▁use ▁color - bl ind ness ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁avoid ing ▁the ▁discussion ▁of ▁rac ism ▁and ▁disc rim ination . ▁Color - bl ind ness ▁can ▁be ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁und erm ine ▁the ▁hard ships ▁of ▁minor ity ▁groups , ▁as ▁it ▁used ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁is ▁a ▁mer it ocracy , ▁in ▁which ▁people ▁succeed ▁only ▁because ▁they ▁work ▁hard ▁and ▁not ▁because ▁of ▁their ▁privile ge . ▁Crit ics ▁of ▁this ▁are ▁fast ▁to ▁point ▁to ▁statistics ▁that ▁contradict ▁this ▁notion ▁of ▁mer it ocracy , ▁for ▁example , ▁the ▁average ▁black ▁or ▁His pan ic ▁household ▁ear ning ▁more ▁than ▁$ 7 5 , 0 0 0 ▁still ▁live ▁in ▁a ▁less ▁aff lu ent , ▁resource - rich ▁neighborhood ▁than ▁a ▁white ▁household ▁that ▁ear ns ▁less ▁than ▁$ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁this ▁system atic ▁ra cial ▁opp ression , ▁minor ity ▁groups ▁are ▁further ▁pushed ▁down ▁finan cially . ▁As ▁Gl enn ▁Ell is , ▁a ▁health ▁advoc acy ▁communication ▁special ist ▁and ▁author , ▁said ▁children ▁that ▁live ▁in ▁pover ty ▁have ▁sc ary ▁numbers ▁to ▁face : ▁“ 2 5 ▁percent ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁drop ▁out ▁of