The Burdens of Working-Class Youth

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<p>I don’t believe this for a minute, given your history of posts. For example, if your son moved into the freshman dorm and was assigned a black roommate, it is very evident from the totality of your posts that you would assume that the kid’s scores were lower, he wasn’t as academically qualified, you’d be more likely to worry about the kid being a bad influence, dropping out and so forth. In the absence of ANY data about this hypothetical kid, who for all you know might be the school’s most brilliant admit this year.</p>

<p>Look at your recent posts about people with blue hair and tattoos! You used those as markers for (what you perceived as) a certain level of seriousness of purpose and maturity that you wanted / didn’t want your kids to hang around! Again, without the benefit of any data. That blue-haired kid who comes to visit your kid might indeed be a stoner slacker – or a budding genius with an immense work ethic. </p>

<p>Sorry, Bel, I don’t believe you. Your entire posting history consists of summarizing the averages of certain groups based on observable attributes, and then drawing conclusions about entire populations – “hanging” all of the members by whatever the average of that group is. You’re the one who harps on Asians > whites > blacks / Latinos. Not us. You’re the one who has criteria for who your kid can and should hang around with – and I don’t believe for one minute you’re hunky-dory with a black kid in that group.</p>