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This is absurd. How many times do we have to play the "disparity = discrimination" game?
Their framing is erroneous:
"Teachers fail minority students more than White students."
The assumption is that w/o racism, all groups would ~perform the same.
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https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diego-unified-school-district-changes-grading-system-to-combat-racism/2425346/?amp#click=https://t.co/VHeJyplqTZ
Their framing is erroneous:
"Teachers fail minority students more than White students."
The assumption is that w/o racism, all groups would ~perform the same.
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https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diego-unified-school-district-changes-grading-system-to-combat-racism/2425346/?amp#click=https://t.co/VHeJyplqTZ
First, "minority" is not a uniform or meaningful taxonomic category here.
They cite Native American, Hispanic, blacks doing worst than whites.
According to reams of data, students of Indian, Japanese, Chinese (Asians broadly), and Middle Eastern origin do btr than whites.
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They cite Native American, Hispanic, blacks doing worst than whites.
According to reams of data, students of Indian, Japanese, Chinese (Asians broadly), and Middle Eastern origin do btr than whites.
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Never said the status quo is fine. Just pointing out that lowering or radically changing education standards bc of disparity is a ludicrous solution. It's a band-aid cover over a complex problem involving environment, culture, history, economics etc: https://twitter.com/rasmansa/status/1317693929786085377?s=19
Never said the status quo is fine. Just pointing out that lowering or radically changing education standards bc of disparity is a ludicrous solution. It's a band-aid cover over a complex problem involving environment, culture, history, economics etc: https://twitter.com/rasmansa/status/1317693929786085377?s=19
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As @thomaschattwill said, 1 of the most disturbing parts of this reform is reviewing cheating and school discipline rules bc of racially disparate outcomes.
This is akin to changing criminal law bc of over-rep. of men and blacks (systemic racism, misandry).
Ridiculous.
As @thomaschattwill said, 1 of the most disturbing parts of this reform is reviewing cheating and school discipline rules bc of racially disparate outcomes.
This is akin to changing criminal law bc of over-rep. of men and blacks (systemic racism, misandry).
Ridiculous.
If diff minority groups perform differently (some better or worst than whites), is teacher bias really a causal factor here?
Also, "black" is not a uniform category either. African-American students do worst than whites. Opp. is tru for some black immig groups (ex: Nigerian)
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Also, "black" is not a uniform category either. African-American students do worst than whites. Opp. is tru for some black immig groups (ex: Nigerian)
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On Native Americans and blacks performing worst than whites:
Teacher/school racism is not a plausible major factor (unless there's evidence).
The cause is multivariate. Three plausible factors at play (how much of each is debatable):
1) Culture
2) Environment
3) History
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Teacher/school racism is not a plausible major factor (unless there's evidence).
The cause is multivariate. Three plausible factors at play (how much of each is debatable):
1) Culture
2) Environment
3) History
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