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Old June 10th, 2005, 11:55 PM
Merlin Dorfman
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In ba.transportation Stan de SD wrote:

"Merlin Dorfman" wrote in message
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In ba.transportation Stan de SD wrote:


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It's clear that, in the real world, minorities do not hold
jobs in many areas in proportion to their population. If you
believe that hiring does in fact take place on merit, does that
mean that minorities are in fact of lower merit?


In some cases, yes. There is plenty of data out there that shows that
certain minorities have lower levels of hs/college graduation, have lower
standardized test scores, etc. than the white majority. Conversely, there is
data that other minorities have higher test/graduation levels, than the
white majority. Is it a coincidence that the groups that statistically
perform better are "overrepresented", while those that statistically perform
worse are "underrepresented"? Is it "racism"? Or is it merely a logical
outcome based on the inputs?


Good questions. Do you feel that anything should be done
about those minority groups that underperform?