> (race/gender-based) adversity in education usually has the effect of reducing your chances of succeeding in exams, admissions, etc. How would that work? If w

> (race/gender-based) adversity in education usually has the effect of reducing your chances of succeeding in exams, admissions, etc. How would that work? If we talked about oral exams or job interview then surely there can be a bias. But written exams? I can't imagine how it would be affected by your race. What can be however affected is your access to quality education prior to the admission, which will affect your admission changes, which should not be an issue after the admission because now you are getting the same quality education as others. While I can imagine that socio-economic issues (like being black=poor) may affect your access to quality education prior to the admission, I can not imagine how being a woman would affect your access to quality education. Maybe stereotypes in case of STEM?