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MsAnthropic 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah, got as far as your first sentence and didn’t bother with the rest. If you think that life outcomes don’t differ between racial groups then we can’t even begin to have a conversation. Plus according to you then we don’t even need to because everyone does just as well as everyone else! Congratulations, you just ended inequality - by the simple trick of pretending it doesn’t exist! Hooray!!

NB: That has to be about the sixth time you’ve rebutted something I never said, boring. Nobody is claiming group outcomes make any predictions about specific individuals - well, nobody except you that is. You appear to think that outliers disprove statistics.

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RatioInvictus 0 points ago +1 / -1

Racial groups don't have "life outcomes," you fucking idiot. They're made up of individuals who have "life outcomes." And those "life outcomes" vary widely within that group. And if you're not going to "bother with" anything beyond the first sentence, then don't write seven. At least you're right about one thing (finally): we can't even begin to have a conversation. Because you're a fucking idiot. Nobody pretended there is no "inequality," and you're incomprehension of that fact, let alone my actual point, is like the ultimate illustration of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

I actually neither "appear to," nor think, that "outliers disprove statistics;" what do the statistics tell us? Differences in the mean. Differences in the tails. Broad overlap. Culture, nurture, character, and fortune are far more determinative than race; you might as well be pimping phrenology.

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MsAnthropic 1 point ago +1 / -0

So differences between racial groups don’t exist? Interesting.🤦🏻‍♀️

What’s the average income for black families vs white families? Moron.

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RatioInvictus 1 point ago +1 / -0

As I noted: you illustrate the Dunning-Kruger effect. I literally spelled out that group averages aren't determinative for individuals. You can verify it yourself in the data. I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that you are personally bringing down the average income for white families. Because you're a fucking idiot. And never mind that income is only loosely correlated to intelligence, let alone conduct.

You're a waste of not only my breath but yours - too fucking stupid to comprehend the difference between averages and characteristics, let alone conduct, of individuals.

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MsAnthropic 1 point ago +1 / -0

Why do you keep rebutting SOMETHING I NEVER SAID?? You keep telling me how group averages are not predictive of specific individual outcomes, but I NEVER SAID THEY WERE.

So - do white families have a different average income to black families, or not? You seem confused on that issue.