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> If wealth ultimately is the driver for such a disparity Fortunately, we know it's not. Black Nigerian immigrants slightly outperform whites in many careers,
by tomp 5y ago
> If wealth ultimately is the driver for such a disparity
Fortunately, we know it's not. Black Nigerian immigrants slightly outperform whites in many careers, and very likely start with substantially less wealth (because they're immigrants).
So one variable is constant (skin color), a few are "worse" (wealth, knowledge of English), a few might be better (motivation, IQ, work ethics, cultural expectations, ...).
- endisneigh 5y agoA single counterexample doesn't invalidate a trend, lol. One could say Nigerian immigrants, coming from the richest country in Africa, would show better outcomes over other African immigrants. Oh wait, they do.
- tomp 5y agoA single counterexample does invalidate a theory that poor Black American (not other black immigrants') performance is caused by poverty and/or racism.
- endisneigh 5y agoOK, but I never said it's caused by poverty