“We have a hard time recognizing that racial discrimination is the sole cause of racial disparities in this country and in the world at large … When you truly believe that racial groups are equal, then you also believe that racial disparities must be the result of racial discrimination.”-
I've been following you on Twitter for a while and your patient approach to data mining is greatly appreciated. Many of us are exploring the question of why the world is the way it is with an open mind and data like this is of genuine interest.
Stimulating post, thank you! Many (e.g., Kendi) will say that measures of cognitive ability are themselves typically racist and therefore vitiate the point you've tried to make about cognitive ability and equality of outcomes. Can you expand on what these metrics are (SAT? GPA? Level of education attained?) and why we should trust them to tell us anything about individuals, rather than merely reflect our society's racism back at us?
The Cajun name is spelled Hebert, not Herbet.
Suggestion for follow-up: what would a humane program that addressed disparity in cognitive abilities look like, given that 20-40% is *not* heritable?
Given the point of the post, relying on cognitive intelligence measured using standardized test scores (see https://www.nlsinfo.org/content/cohorts/nlsy79/topical-guide/education) seems unreasonable.
I've been following you on Twitter for a while and your patient approach to data mining is greatly appreciated. Many of us are exploring the question of why the world is the way it is with an open mind and data like this is of genuine interest.
Stimulating post, thank you! Many (e.g., Kendi) will say that measures of cognitive ability are themselves typically racist and therefore vitiate the point you've tried to make about cognitive ability and equality of outcomes. Can you expand on what these metrics are (SAT? GPA? Level of education attained?) and why we should trust them to tell us anything about individuals, rather than merely reflect our society's racism back at us?