Dec 29, 2008
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Loose Ends
Aunt Sallie passes along a follow-up article to my post about race and snap decisions.
So maybe Implicit Association Tests don't really test true bias at all. That said, there is still plenty of evidence of persistent racial bias in this country. For a long time, researchers have done "salt and pepper" experiments where blacks and whites with similar or equivalent characteristics (other than race) are considered for jobs, loans, etc. If we really are a meritocracy, should Emily and Greg be more employable than Lakisha and Jamal, solely because the
former have "white-sounding" names?
Quote of the day:
James Naughton, canon for communications and advancement in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, on the establishment of a new, Conservative Episcopal Province in the U.S.:
“I think this organization does not have much of a future... there are already a lot of churches in the United States for people who don’t want to worship with gays and lesbians. That’s not a market niche that is underserved.”
Vampire Weekend's Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa is the catchiest song since Outkast's Hey Ya! There's a live version available from NPR here.
So maybe Implicit Association Tests don't really test true bias at all. That said, there is still plenty of evidence of persistent racial bias in this country. For a long time, researchers have done "salt and pepper" experiments where blacks and whites with similar or equivalent characteristics (other than race) are considered for jobs, loans, etc. If we really are a meritocracy, should Emily and Greg be more employable than Lakisha and Jamal, solely because the
former have "white-sounding" names?
Quote of the day:
James Naughton, canon for communications and advancement in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, on the establishment of a new, Conservative Episcopal Province in the U.S.:
“I think this organization does not have much of a future... there are already a lot of churches in the United States for people who don’t want to worship with gays and lesbians. That’s not a market niche that is underserved.”
Vampire Weekend's Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa is the catchiest song since Outkast's Hey Ya! There's a live version available from NPR here.
Dec 1, 2008
45 - 42
I am not a current (or former) Georgia Tech football player.I do not give a dime to the Georgia Tech Athletic Association.
Many of my favorite people went to the University of Georgia -- which is an excellent center of higher learning.
Yet...There has been a smile plastered on my face since Saturday.
David beat Goliath (on the Philistines' home field).
The Trade School Nerds beat the Cool Kids from Athens.
An annual whipping might turn into a rivalry again.
This is the first year since we moved away from Georgia that Tech has beaten UGA in American football. I have always said that the Sunday after Tech-Georgia is the best day of the year to live in Texas (or Colorado). But yesterday that wasn't true -- yesterday would have been a very, very good day to be a Tech fan in the Promised Land.
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