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There's also a lot of what seems to be really casual/accidental accusations of racism in contexts where it clearly doesn't exist (i.e. recognizing and accountin
by dionidium 13y ago
There's also a lot of what seems to be really casual/accidental accusations of racism in contexts where it clearly doesn't exist (i.e. recognizing and accounting for racial differences isn't racist). That different racial groups score differently on IQ tests, for example, is a fact that can be stated without any judgement of value, or, indeed, without any attempt to explain its causes (which are numerous, I'm sure.)
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoA true fact stated in a certain way can lead to false impressions e.g. Group A is poorer than Group B, or Group A have less years of education than Group B. If however, Group A is on average younger than Group B, then the differences may disappear. Is is still "true" to state those "facts" without the extra context?
- dionidium 13y agoYou'd obviously want to control for age in exactly the same way as the comment that started this thread mentioned controlling for race. That's exactly what we're talking about. I'd hope nobody would call you ageist for doing so.
- ZeroGravitas 13y agoI don't really have any issue with the original comment, but it was someone rushing to provide context for the apparently misleading fact that "Finland does better than the US" so the thread itself shows that facts do not stand alone, and that people care about that context when it's the US as a cultural whole that is low-ranked, in fact it's basically a cliche in these discussions.