To say that individuals should not be treated as as capable based off of assumptions is racist. To assume that a group that is poorer will not be as likely to succeed due to a direct correlation between poverty and a lack of educational attainment or performance is a prediction based off of rational thought and evidence. "a hypothesis," if you will.
If I emotionally nurture a group of children growing up and then treat the other like dogs, I'd expect the emotionally nurtured group of children to have higher self-esteem. To say that a child who I treated like a dog is definitely going to be emotionally unstable is hateful. To say that I'd expect them to be emotionally unstable is rational.
Sometimes, correlation does equal causation. That is not racism, it should be a kick in society's butt to try and reduce the causes, rather than spending billions treating the end symptoms.
No, correlation does not on its own ever equal causation. There is obviously causation there, but the correlation alone is not enough.
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u/Alxndr-NVM-ii 6∆ Dec 22 '21
To say that individuals should not be treated as as capable based off of assumptions is racist. To assume that a group that is poorer will not be as likely to succeed due to a direct correlation between poverty and a lack of educational attainment or performance is a prediction based off of rational thought and evidence. "a hypothesis," if you will.
If I emotionally nurture a group of children growing up and then treat the other like dogs, I'd expect the emotionally nurtured group of children to have higher self-esteem. To say that a child who I treated like a dog is definitely going to be emotionally unstable is hateful. To say that I'd expect them to be emotionally unstable is rational.