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Is there even an argument that it's not anti-Asian? Here's the percentage of each group scoring above 700 on the SAT: Asian 25% White 6% Hispanic 2% Black 1%

by memish 4y ago

Is there even an argument that it's not anti-Asian? Here's the percentage of each group scoring above 700 on the SAT: Asian 25% White 6% Hispanic 2% Black 1% https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/02/01/race-gaps-in-sat-math-scores-are-as-big-as-ever/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2017/... Why is the response to lower the bar instead of promoting what Asians do to achieve such success?

whimsicalism 4y ago
The SAT is out of 1600
- salmonfamine 4y ago
  Obviously this is referring to an individual section. Please take more time to consider the arguments of others before posting. This comment does not enhance the level of discourse of HN.
quantumwannabe 4y ago
That graph doesn't support your point. The Y-axis is the percentage of each ethnic group that achieved a certain score range. The statistic you are looking for is the percentage of the total population that scored in each bucket grouped by ethnic group. Say you have a population that consists of 60 Asians and 940 non-Asians (which roughly matches the racial demographics of the United States) where 25% of Asians and 5% of non-Asians score above a 700 on the SAT math section. There would then be 15 Asians and 47 non-Asians who pass the bar. That means the Asian percentage of this theoretical group of qualified students would be ~24%. For comparison, Asians make up 27% of Princeton undergrads. Without the statistic I mentioned, you can't determine whether or not Asians are underrepresented.