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The only way to be color-blind is standardized tests. It's possible that standardized tests are biased. Then fix them! I didn't have rich parents. So I had ne

The only way to be color-blind is standardized tests. It's possible that standardized tests are biased. Then fix them! I didn't have rich parents. So I had never gone abroad. A rich parent can send their kids on "charity missions" to poor countries to rack up those "extra curricular points".

yardie 5y ago
It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham [0]. They are having a moment right now and trying to distance themselves from the racist part of their foundation. > It's possible that standardized tests are biased. Then fix them! We know they are biased but everytime the solution it's brought the solution is to replace them with another biased test. [0] https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mired-in-racism-and-elitism https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mi...
- Banana699 5y ago
  >It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham Literally the genetic fallacy.
- 1cvmask 5y ago
  There are plenty of foreign tests around the world where not a single white person was involved in devising them. And they are so so much harder, especially in mathematics, than the SAT. Math tests are universally acknowledged to be neutral, even if hard. Most countries have standardized tests that have a spectrum of subjects covered. If you apply to say engineering only your Math and Science scores matter. If you apply to Literature only your language scores matter. Maybe a good idea is to unbundle the English from the Math in the SAT and have two separate tests. Language is definitely "subjective" and open to interpretation compared to Math. Maybe the bias you are referring to is in the English part. - I know people who still contribute to Planned Parenthood even though they know it's founder Margaret Singer was a racist and eugenist.
  - Ekaros 5y ago
    In Finland there is single big standardized test. (Actually there is also lower level tests, but those really don't matter). Different subjects have different weights in different programs. Still funnily enough math have two levels. But as the higher level has by far the largest number of class-hours it ends up giving lot of points in any subject.
1cvmask 5y ago
The white savior NGO charity complex. Poverty tourism is the hottest trend for white saviors and then the expectant applause.
- reactspa 5y ago
  It's not even a "white" thing, or a "savior" thing. Indian here. I have rich relatives who send their kids on very very expensive "charity missions" to Africa (Where the kids work temporarily in some school or such. Something to add to their CV.). These people are not white, and they're not trying to be saviors. They're trying to get their kids into the Ivy League. Their friends-group literally has parties where they share all the ways they can add extra-curriculars and such to their kids admissions applications.
nostromo 5y ago
Desiring a color-blind society is now considered racist on campus. You have to see identity first and at all times in everything, and to treat people differently based on their identities.

yardie 5y ago

It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham [0]. They are having a moment right now and trying to distance themselves from the racist part of their foundation. > It's possible that standardized tests are biased. Then fix them! We know they are biased but everytime the solution it's brought the solution is to replace them with another biased test. [0] https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mired-in-racism-and-elitism https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-history-of-the-sat-is-mi...

Banana699 5y ago
>It's not just possible the ubiquitous SAT was literally created by a white supremacist, Carl Brigham Literally the genetic fallacy.
1cvmask 5y ago
There are plenty of foreign tests around the world where not a single white person was involved in devising them. And they are so so much harder, especially in mathematics, than the SAT. Math tests are universally acknowledged to be neutral, even if hard. Most countries have standardized tests that have a spectrum of subjects covered. If you apply to say engineering only your Math and Science scores matter. If you apply to Literature only your language scores matter. Maybe a good idea is to unbundle the English from the Math in the SAT and have two separate tests. Language is definitely "subjective" and open to interpretation compared to Math. Maybe the bias you are referring to is in the English part. - I know people who still contribute to Planned Parenthood even though they know it's founder Margaret Singer was a racist and eugenist.
- Ekaros 5y ago
  In Finland there is single big standardized test. (Actually there is also lower level tests, but those really don't matter). Different subjects have different weights in different programs. Still funnily enough math have two levels. But as the higher level has by far the largest number of class-hours it ends up giving lot of points in any subject.

1cvmask 5y ago

The white savior NGO charity complex. Poverty tourism is the hottest trend for white saviors and then the expectant applause.

reactspa 5y ago
It's not even a "white" thing, or a "savior" thing. Indian here. I have rich relatives who send their kids on very very expensive "charity missions" to Africa (Where the kids work temporarily in some school or such. Something to add to their CV.). These people are not white, and they're not trying to be saviors. They're trying to get their kids into the Ivy League. Their friends-group literally has parties where they share all the ways they can add extra-curriculars and such to their kids admissions applications.

nostromo 5y ago

Desiring a color-blind society is now considered racist on campus. You have to see identity first and at all times in everything, and to treat people differently based on their identities.