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OK, so graduation rates are your preferred explanatory variable. But, why is there a difference in college graduation rates for blacks vs whites?
(I hope you are seeing the deeper point here...but I'm game)
It implies a difference that is explained by race. That's all. It simply says that, of the variables we have access to; race accounts for the majority of the difference between the distributions.
By definition, that means "race is the explanatory variable". How that manifests is a different question.
You could, then, conclude there is a difference explained by race.
But if, on average, black populations have a preference for spinners at a higher rate than white or asian populations then indeed it appears to be a racial distinction. You can, of course, dig in and figure out if it is more likely something deeper (is it a COMMUNITY preference?). But right now we KNOW that we can explain income differences solely based on skin color.
The point here is simply to establish if there is SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. Which, clearly, there IS. What is that? Well that's where we do have to look deeper.
So, again, what accounts for the systemic difference between incomes for black and white Americans?
When you figure out that the problem EXISTS then you can start to ask the MEANINGFUL QUESTIONS.
What's your guess? We have already established that there IS a difference, now what do you think is that difference?
BLM is a neo-Marxist movement, which is perhaps why you find it unsettling. It uses intimidation to get people to submit to their radical agenda.Please be respectful in this thread regardless of the opinions of others! Thank you!
I don't know about you, but for me, something about the Black Lives Matter movement just seems a little... off to me. I can't quite put my finger on it, but something about it doesn't seem right, and it's deeply unsettling to me that everyone has jumped on the bandwagon to declare that they stand with BLM.
Now, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with believing that "black lives matter" because, in actuality, they DO matter! Everyone's life matters, and I think that it's okay that we're focusing on black lives mattering too right now... BUT, at the same time, I think there's something very wrong going on when there are "white" people apologizing for being white, police officers being targeted with awful slogans that say that they're ALL terrible people, and people are using the name of BLM to violently riot in the streets.
But I think one of the things that unsettles me the most is the fact that just about every single company and celebrity, even overseas, have said that they are standing with BLM. Something about that tips me off as very blatant "virtue-signaling" and like they're using this to profit off of us. Maybe this last point has more to do with the companies and not the BLM movement itself, but it still makes me thing something really "not right" is going on here. In other words, I'm highly skeptical of everyone and everything right now.
Is it just me? Am I crazy in thinking that something might not be so right about the BLM movement?? Someone please let me know.
It’s a little thing we here in America like to call FREEDOM.
Ik so if the statistic was separated not by race but by hight then there should be no difference in the amount of tall people who graduated college as opposed to short people? Or what if it was separate by weight. Would you expect those numbers to be the same for thin people as opposed to fat people?
I know this is tough, especially if you've never analyzed data, but bear with me: how on earth could "freedom" be the reason?
Do you honestly think that black college graduation rates are statistically lower due to "freedom"? Why didn't you just say "electrical switches!"...it would be as meaningful.
BIt uses intimidation to get people to submit to their radical agenda.
This question doesn't really make any sense as written. If there was a difference based on HEIGHT in graduation rates I would expect to see that difference in the data. If there was a difference due to WEIGHT I would expect to see that difference.
Is there such a difference?
Because it would be ridiculous to expect that the same percentage of each race would make the same choices in life.
The point is would you assume that the same percentage of tall people graduate college as short people?
No the numbers are most likely going to be different.
Sure you can blame the bad people for destroying these things, but you have to remember: they don't feel like they have any investment in that history we thought we all valued. And why should they? If you have black people who feel like there's nothing for them in this country (whether YOU agree with that or not) what do you expect will be of value to them among the things YOU value?
Armed men aimed loaded weapons at US law enforcement in Nevada when Bundy's clan wanted to steal forage from public lands and they got to go home unharmed as well.
The Right's violent acts seem to be kinda "ok" meanwhile black men get killed on the street for counterfeit $20 and selling loose cigs.
Thank you for proving my point.So do you think all people who are oppressed and rise up against their oppression are using intimidation to get people to submit to their radical agenda? Did the Revolutionaries in the 18th century here in the US "intimidate" the British into submitting to their radical agenda of not being controlled by the British? Were the slaves in Haiti who lead the most successful slave uprising in history intimidating their masters?
The thing all your sneering and fault-finding about BLM does is simply prove that you wish to align yourself with every single group who FAILED TO LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. In every case like that the people who felt they had nothing to lose made it very, very bad for the people who wanted to maintain the status quo.
You are free to label BLM whatever you want! No matter how fantastical or fanatical you have to become to generate a new label...that won't change the course of anything. You will see that, in the fullness of time, you will have to listen to what they say one way or another. I suggest listening NOW before they become TOO disaffected.
There's plenty for them in this country.
It's only the people you listen to (democrats, mainstream media)
But what do you expect me to do in response to someone who doesn't value what I value? Am I supposed to give them my hearty approval to go ahead and destroy public and private property just because they don't value it?
Bundy was shot dead.
What did he and his "clan" do but take over a wildlife refuge building?
The BLM people have taken over a 6 block area of Seattle and have prevented police from doing their job while people are shooting and killing each other there.
BLM is a radical Marxist outfit who places things in absolutist terms about race, basically doing exactly what you did in an intimidating online and in person way. There is no room for discussion with them, there is no room for nuance. It's all or they'll destroy you. This is typical of Marxiste and unfortunately society and the church have forgotten how to deal with Marxism.How so?
BLM is a radical Marxist outfit who places things in absolutist terms about race, basically doing exactly what you did in an intimidating online and in person way.
There is no room for discussion with them
, there is no room for nuance. It's all or they'll destroy you.
This is typical of Marxiste and unfortunately society and the church have forgotten how to deal with Marxism.
And I'm sure you just yelling that at them will convince them!
No. Not at all. What you are supposed to do is listen to what they are telling you. Because when you DON'T listen they are going to get their message through loud and clear in the end.
The answer is not to simply tell them "Huh, you get PLENTY of care from us, so shut up!"
Point loaded guns at federal law enforcement. Oh, and stealing by grazing on public lands without permission.
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