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A comment on Asian-American admissions at Harvard. Parent comment

Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard by toasterlovin on Saturday June 16, 2018 @11:09PM (#17330705)
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.
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Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard by learc83 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:06AM (#17330822)
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.
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Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard by toasterlovin on Sunday June 17, 2018 @12:10PM (#17332957)
But you’re saying that dialect is caused by income!
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Re:Asian-American admissions at Harvard by learc83 on Sunday June 17, 2018 @04:06PM (#17334048)
No. I'm saying some of the differences in dialect between 2nd generation and later Hispanic and Asian immigrants are caused by income.
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