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Re:Mammalian Aggression by pjc50 on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:24AM (#25845103)
> gender and race factors in terms of influence on academic achievements

The focus of the politics on these factors is because, within living memory, they were grounds for exclusion from academia entirely. There is therefore an effort to make sure the exclusion is not being carried on covertly instead of overtly.

Bad ideas take a long time to replace.

Re:Mammalian Aggression by Blikkentrekker on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @06:28AM (#25845131)
> The focus of the politics on these factors is because, within living memory, they were grounds for exclusion from academia entirely. There is therefore an effort to make sure the exclusion is not being carried on covertly instead of overtly.

So was poverty, citizenship, family lineage, and many other things they aren't so interested for to demonstrate that they are more significant influences than many other factors.

I would simply say that these scientists care a great deal for gender and race in their own social matrices, and simply treat a man differently based on his gender or race, but aren't so interested in doing so based on citizenship, or birth cycle.