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She's not wrong. There are too many white scientists (statistically) and STEM graduates.

by paint 3y ago

gottorf 3y ago
One of the greatest fallacies of the modern identitarian movement is that every subsection of society, no matter how you slice and dice it, must reflect the composition of the society as a whole. There's no reason why this should be the case, because different cultural subgroups value and prefer different things. "Too many white scientists" carries exactly the same amount of meaning as "too many black NFL players" (over half are black, compared to 13.6% of the population) or "too many male roofers" (95% are male) or "too many female special ed teachers" (84.2% are female); that is to say, it carries no meaning at all. Once you free yourself from the plausible-sounding but false idea that the composition of subgroups must necessarily reflect the composition of the whole, a lot of today's racial divides and those who fan those flames are evident for what they are: those with agendas that benefit from pitting people against one another.
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      - dang 3y ago
        > I'm now convinced you have a mental disability. Are you high or retarded We've banned this account for egregiously breaking the site guidelines. You can't post like this here, regardless of how wrong someone or how right you are, or you feel they are, or you feel you are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - dang 3y ago
      Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
invalidOrTaken 3y ago
There are not nearly enough white, black, East Asian, Latin, or Native American scientists and STEM graduates.
- paint 3y ago
  Exactly man, we have to change that. Thanks for pointing it out.

She's not wrong. There are too many white scientists (statistically) and STEM graduates.

by paint 3y ago

She's not wrong. There are too many white scientists (statistically) and STEM graduates.

One of the greatest fallacies of the modern identitarian movement is that every subsection of society, no matter how you slice and dice it, must reflect the composition of the society as a whole. There's no reason why this should be the case, because different cultural subgroups value and prefer different things. "Too many white scientists" carries exactly the same amount of meaning as "too many black NFL players" (over half are black, compared to 13.6% of the population) or "too many male roofers" (95% are male) or "too many female special ed teachers" (84.2% are female); that is to say, it carries no meaning at all. Once you free yourself from the plausible-sounding but false idea that the composition of subgroups must necessarily reflect the composition of the whole, a lot of today's racial divides and those who fan those flames are evident for what they are: those with agendas that benefit from pitting people against one another.

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- gottorf 3y ago
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    - dang 3y ago
      > I'm now convinced you have a mental disability. Are you high or retarded We've banned this account for egregiously breaking the site guidelines. You can't post like this here, regardless of how wrong someone or how right you are, or you feel they are, or you feel you are. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - dang 3y ago
    Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

invalidOrTaken 3y ago

There are not nearly enough white, black, East Asian, Latin, or Native American scientists and STEM graduates.

paint 3y ago
Exactly man, we have to change that. Thanks for pointing it out.