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Alabama isn't bad because of its infrastructure or education. Here's a hint: if you condition on demographic characteristics (i.e. split state populations into
by knaekhoved 4y ago
Alabama isn't bad because of its infrastructure or education. Here's a hint: if you condition on demographic characteristics (i.e. split state populations into obvious demographic categorizations), educational disparity across states is almost eliminated.
- np- 4y agoIsn’t that a pretty good reason why it’s bad? Alabama is massively failing an entire demographic segment of their society, not even a small segment but something like 40% of it. That does seem like a massive infrastructure and education failure. Unless there is a deeper implication here that I’m missing.
- knaekhoved 4y ago> Alabama is massively failing an entire demographic segment of their society No, you misunderstand. That demographic segment has bad outcomes everywhere. Nothing about Alabama is worse once you condition on demographics. The state just looks bad because of demos.