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Because there is very little supporting evidence for discrimination of any kind that could justify the “privilege” hoopla, and every time you press someone on t
by weberc2 7y ago
Because there is very little supporting evidence for discrimination of any kind that could justify the “privilege” hoopla, and every time you press someone on their meaning of “privilege” they retreat from the “discrimination” definition to some abstract, probably circular definition (e.g., “men are privileged because there is no sexism against them; you can’t be sexist against men by definition because men are privileged”).
- whack 7y ago> Because there is very little supporting evidence for discrimination of any kind that could justify the “privilege” hoopla The other poster provided significant evidence of discrimination > https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873 https://www.nber.org/papers/w9873 > To manipulate perception of race, each resume is assigned either a very African American sounding name or a very White sounding name. The results show significant discrimination against African-American names: White names receive 50 percent more callbacks for interviews. We also find that race affects the benefits of a better resume. For White names, a higher quality resume elicits 30 percent more callbacks whereas for African Americans, it elicits a far smaller increase