Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard
by toasterlovin on Saturday June 16, 2018 @11:09PM
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Yeah, and my original point was that these tests don’t discriminate based on skin color or ancestry. What you’re saying is that different races have different aggregate outcomes, but that that is due to different aggregate income levels. That doesn’t really sound like you disagree with my original point.
No. I'm saying that income plays a larger role than dialect. Dialect still plays a role. If dialect differences were accounted for, speakers of non-standard dialects would have greater aggregate scores.
Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard
by toasterlovin on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:10PM
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But you’re saying that dialect is caused by income!
However none of that really matters because you ignored my last point.
Other factors such as family income are larger factors that native language.
>Is it somehow easier for Asian immigrants to learn the prestige dialect than Hispanic immigrants?
If it's easier is irrelevant because Asian Americans are more likely to speak the prestige dialect than Hispanics. But to answer your question, yes it is eaiser because Asians have much higher incomes, and they integrate with white communities faster--at least in part because Asian communities are smaller and more spread out.