> What if the study had found the opposite, that Americans broadly displayed some positive trait more than their Asian counterparts, would such a study even be

> What if the study had found the opposite, that Americans broadly displayed some positive trait more than their Asian counterparts, would such a study even be allowed to be published? I certainly can’t imagine it being received well, if it were. Yes, there are many studies that have found Americans "better" in some metric. It's quite sad to hear that even Hacker News readers have bought into the right-wing notion about academia having to "censor" itself to not offend supposedly politically correct sensibilities.