Assumptions and Conclusions

One enters all situations with an assumption or two. If you are introduced to someone, you offer your hand assuming he will, if not take it, at least not strike you. You get on the bus assuming some basic civility. (Many of the popular confrontational political/social acts are successful because they disrupt basic assumptions; they take advantage of their opponent's civility.)

In science, the scientist asks a question but refuses to guess at an answer; he assumes neutrality and hopes he can be as open-minded as possible when reviewing the data, knowing that data is only data, not a conclusion.

So, too, with the courts. Special prosecutors aside, the courts vigilantly--sometimes comically--try to assume innocence in a case.

Now:

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ recent report on earnings in 2017, there is a 15% racial earnings gap between full-time white workers ($890 median weekly earnings) and full-time Asian workers ($1,043).

According to Census Bureau data, there was a 23.5% racial income gap between the median total money income for white households ($61,858) in 2016 and Asian households ($80,822).

Now this looks pretty obvious here: There is a difference in earnings between white and Asian workers. Doesn't  this qualify as the prima fascia evidence of discrimination that has been used in this country for years? Don't white people have a complaint?

Can we expect the hearings, the editorials and the well-intentioned government interventions to right these wrongs?