White decisions, not black choices, largely drive black outcomes.

Evidence

The conservatives are correct about one thing: The black-white wealth gap can be decreased if people make different decisions. But it is the decision-making by white Americans that is largely responsible for black outcomes today. — Dorothy A. Brown, The Whiteness of Wealth, 79

Categorization

• DEFINE: Signals the book’s reframing of ‘decision-making’ — behavioral change is demanded of white Americans, inverting the standard conservative reading.