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First of all, socioeconomic classes are artificial constructs. There's no reason to believe that there are large discontinuities in the probabilities of certain

by natrius 17y ago

First of all, socioeconomic classes are artificial constructs. There's no reason to believe that there are large discontinuities in the probabilities of certain behaviors as income increases, though that is likely the case around poverty level. From the census document you linked to, here are average household incomes by race: Asian: $86,185 White, non-Hispanic: $74,102 Hispanic: $51,572 Black: $46,533 If you don't think there are substantial differences there, then we're not going to agree on anything.

najirama 17y ago
[Edit: Moved up a node to reflect the actual reply] 1. Socio-econonic classes are artificial constructs - so what? The point is that race is demonstrably unable to map the set of 'people' to the set of 'classes.' 2. If you are not able to accurately quote the figures from the pdf I linked to prior, then what is the likelyhood you even read it? The ACTUAL median incomes can be found on pages 6-7: Asian: $65,637 White, non-Hispanic: $55,530 Average: $50,000 Black: $34,218 The differences fall in the interval known as middle-class as I said before - so for the purposes of this discussion, they are not substantial.