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It's a selection effect. Only a select population comes to America for college. Tellingly, the average population there doesn't do very well at all at home. And
by thras 17y ago
It's a selection effect. Only a select population comes to America for college. Tellingly, the average population there doesn't do very well at all at home. And over here, they only do well comparatively. Compare them to say, Eastern Europeans, and it's a different story. Not many Nobel prizes per capita, I'm afraid.
- mynameishere 17y agoThat you are looking at people who "emigrated" to Shaker Heights also suggests a selection effect. There's really no easy answer in this case. The problem isn't "why are blacks and whites different" but "why do blacks and whites who have similar outcomes still produce children who have different outcomes?" Three possibilities: 1. The premise is flawed; just being in Shaker Heights doesn't suggest significant uniformity. 2. Regression to the mean. 3. Culture, etc. But that begs the question of difference once again, but re: culture rather than achievements. Unless it's all hollywood's fault.