<p>Do you know of any? My math teacher(who is black) claims that the SAT is racist because as far as he knows no black student has aced it in its current form.</p>
<p>lol?
the old SAT was racist.</p>
<p>there was a research done that said only rich white kids could do certain analogies because poor black kids never heard of the word. </p>
<p>I think that's why they changed it - to be fair for everyone.</p>
<p>The SAT may be racist.</p>
<p>hmmm really..??</p>
<p>I sure don't.</p>
<p>Dumbest argument ever. Get all the questions right, get 2400. Skin color isn't a factor.</p>
<p>@timmy- even that argument is dumb. If you don't know the word, you should get it wrong. Maybe black kids should study more.</p>
<p>@crcowboyfan:</p>
<p>"A famous example of alleged bias in the SAT I was the oarsman-regatta analogy question. The object of the question was to find the pair of terms that have the relationship most similar to the relationship between "runner" and "marathon." The correct answer was "oarsman" and "regatta." Choice of the correct answer presupposed students' familiarity with a sport popular with the wealthy, and so upon their knowledge of its structure and terminology. Fifty-three percent (53%) of white students correctly answered the question, but only 22% of black students did. Analogy questions have since been replaced by short reading passages."</p>
<p>@Naeem: That seems to be a pro-wealthy, rather than racist/"pro-white", question, although it's indirectly "anti-black," since "whites" tend to be wealthier than "blacks."</p>
<p>@ChoklitRain: I could not disagree more, and I have to agree with crcowboyfan on this one:</p>
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<p>What has been researched, and proven by fact, however, is that blacks/african-americans are less wealthier than whites/caucasians (and the wealthy almost always tend to do better in anything educational) and that blacks tend to, statistically at least:</p>
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... take less challenging classes in school (or be forced into them; some say there are still many unofficially "segregated" schools) as well as study less and get poorer grades. This is especially more true for boys than girls, who are more likely (in any racial/ethnic group) to prefer sports over education.
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<p>^^ hope I didn't come off as racist there, this is all from (relatively) recent stats
(mom was a teacher, had to learn about these wealth/racial/gender gaps in workshops)</p>
<p>Lol, I was merely stating what the study showed.</p>
<p>I think the real issue is that African Americans aren't getting SUPER PUMPED before they take the SAT. </p>
<p>please refer to this thread:</p>
<p>this thread is racist...</p>
<p>I'm sure there has been, my brother got a 2380 and I doubt he's the highest black scorer of all time lol</p>
<p>Well, I can see where your argument is coming from. You could argue that many poorer students (which tend to be black, not always) don't have the opportunities to take review courses like many wealthier (mostly white, not always) students can afford.</p>
<p>My friend at a different school said that, assuming that he's telling the truth, an African American girl at his school scored a 2400 superscored and a 2340 in one sitting but they go to a rich private HS from Conn.</p>
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Choice of the correct answer presupposed students' familiarity with a sport popular with the wealthy, and so upon their knowledge of its structure and terminology. Fifty-three percent (53%) of white students correctly answered the question, but only 22% of black students did
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<p>Well that's a spurious argument, now isn't it. Did whoever wrote this really think that the reader wouldn't notice the subtle jump from "wealthy" to "white?" The SAT is obviously biased against the wealthy, and a greater percentage of whites are wealthy than blacks are. However, these facts do not mean that the SAT is racially biased. Post Hoc fallacy at its best. </p>
<p>Also, I don't see what the big deal is about the SAT's bias toward the wealthy. Since when is anything about the college admissions process not biased toward the wealthy? Wealthy students attend better schools, and so of course they score better on standardized tests, from the SAT to AP tests. Even GPA is arguably biased toward the wealthy. Wealthy students generally grow up in a relatively academic and competitive environment, and so they are more motivated. However, there's also the issue of grade deflation at private schools, so the bias in this case is not very pronounced.</p>
<p>At some point, you have to just quit making excuses and accept that such is life. The wealthy have an advantage. Get over it and take some initiative.</p>
<p>racism exists no longer, so should be this thread</p>
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<p>How does the disparity cited there compare to the disparities found in other questions? You can't look at the statistics given and rationally conclude that the question was racially biased.</p>
<p>I know a black girl that got a 2320 on the sat.</p>