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CNN headline: Who decides if the US is in a recession? Eight White economists you've never heard of Is this a joke? It's like something you'd overhear at bru
by engineer_22 4y ago
CNN headline: Who decides if the US is in a recession? Eight White economists you've never heard of
Is this a joke? It's like something you'd overhear at brunch from a group of co-eds
- alchemist1e9 4y agoNow recessions are racists then?
- AdamN 4y agoThat wouldn't be the implication of a title like that and I suspect you know you're being disingenuous. It would mean that some of our most important decisions are being made by people from a single background that doesn't reflect the makeup of their stakeholders, the American public. As a thought exercise, would you think it's not notable if the 8 person board was entirely female .. or entirely black?
- alchemist1e9 4y agoI would absolutely think it was notable because if I saw “Women Economists” or “Black Economists” I would obviously be concerned the women or black economists are being treated badly. It’s shocking that you somehow think race or gender can effect the categorization by economists of economic conditions. It’s fairly quantitative situation and I’m at a loss how different backgrounds would effect that analysis.
- AdamN 4y agoI mean in your mind ... if all the economists you saw in leadership positions in the US were black I suspect you would think that's notable. That was the thought exercise I was asking you to do.
- selimthegrim 4y agoBlack unemployment vs White?
- alchemist1e9 4y agoWould a black economist measure black unemployment or white unemployment differently?
- TMWNN 4y ago>Now recessions are racists then? Everything else is, so why not? CNN in January 2020: "Coronavirus task force another example of Trump administration's lack of diversity" <https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-diversity-obama/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronav...>
- snikeris 4y agoIt reads like racism to me.
- rockemsockem 4y agoWas that actually the headline before? The title I get is the same minus the "white". I wonder if it's A/B testing.
- alchemist1e9 4y agohttps://imgur.com/a/yW4IXum https://imgur.com/a/yW4IXum I took a screenshot as I had a hunch it would be changed once enough people saw it. Edit: shows up without the “White” also for me now: https://imgur.com/a/84X6RKj https://imgur.com/a/84X6RKj
- snikeris 4y agoI also saw the original headline that said: > Who decides if the US is in a recession. Eight White economists you've never heard of.