I just took a quick look and it seems like the substance of the criticism is that "race" is too meaningless a concept to be a statistical category. I agree!! I just wish that the rest of the world did too. But sadly, we are going backwards on this if anything. Just spend 5 minutes reading anything by Ibram Kendi.
Speaking of the meaninglessness of racial categories, I just finished watching the Super Bowl. One of the things about racial discourse that has confounded me is that the slaveowner's concept of the "one drop" rule has been happily carried over into the 21st Century.
So, Rihanna and Patrick Mahomes are "black." What does this mean? Does it respect their choice? Does it refer to culture? If so, I'm down with that. But let's call it what it is. A choice. Does the rest of the world give Rihanna and Patrick Mahomes that choice? Maybe not. I just wish they didn't have to make it.
Where do I read this criticism? Can you summarize it? Seems like very simple and straightforward statistical analysis to me.
https://open.substack.com/pub/steveqj/p/you-just-need-to-look-beyond-correlation
Good discussion.
I just took a quick look and it seems like the substance of the criticism is that "race" is too meaningless a concept to be a statistical category. I agree!! I just wish that the rest of the world did too. But sadly, we are going backwards on this if anything. Just spend 5 minutes reading anything by Ibram Kendi.
Did I understand you correctly Dave?
Speaking of the meaninglessness of racial categories, I just finished watching the Super Bowl. One of the things about racial discourse that has confounded me is that the slaveowner's concept of the "one drop" rule has been happily carried over into the 21st Century.
So, Rihanna and Patrick Mahomes are "black." What does this mean? Does it respect their choice? Does it refer to culture? If so, I'm down with that. But let's call it what it is. A choice. Does the rest of the world give Rihanna and Patrick Mahomes that choice? Maybe not. I just wish they didn't have to make it.
The book that Chris recommended in the comments is a good read on the subject.