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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by mmooss on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @05:04PM (#42382094)
> courtesy Steve Sailer, who is an immigration restrictionist

That doesn't make this argument credible. Is there any credible source?

> rather than that they’re blaming immigrants, which I didn’t see in this post

We know well that the talking points of racism are formed to create ambiguity and use dog whistles. That goes back half a century and probably much longer. These are the talking points.

Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by DAGdug on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @06:35PM (#42382934)
I didn’t suggest this makes the argument credible. In fact, I fully expect that it should make one more skeptical of the argument, which is part of the reason I put that in there.