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Google "disparate impact". Here's just one ~$4 billion example of tax payer money spent under the assumption that differences in loan approval rates were racis
by a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
Google "disparate impact".
Here's just one ~$4 billion example of tax payer money spent under the assumption that differences in loan approval rates were racist and not related to other factors.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-often-unsupported-cost-us-millions.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/us/farm-loan-bias-claims-o...
- djur 13y agoSo your assertion is that (a) hundreds of billions of dollars are spent on antidiscrimination policies or settlement, and (b) that under a HBD regime, we would save this money by simply assuming that disparate outcomes are a result of immutable differences in ability?
- Chen77 13y agoToo a large extent they are unfortunately. I think that will be gradually accepted as the costs of genome sequencing fall. Gottfredson, L. S. (2005). Implications of cognitive differences for schooling within diverse societies. Pages 517-554 in C. L. Frisby & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Multicultural School Psychology. New York: Wiley. www.edge.org/response-detail/10376
- temujin 13y agoSpeaking of genome sequencing, if "immutable" and problematic group differences exist, genome sequencing is a crucial step toward making them mutable. (And if they do not exist, genome sequencing will help establish that.)