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To: MeanWestTexan
If you look at the chart at post 12, you will note the that blacks (non-Hispanic), Puerto Ricans (US Citizens, BTW), Hawaiians skew the results.

Mexicans (and Chinese), on the other hand, have better statistics than Non-Hispanic whites.

Exactly. This is another piece of demagogery by people who can exploit it to their own ends. A legitimate comparison might be U.S. whites to European whites, but not the entire U.S. population to the entire population of some other country. The unpleasant fact is that no matter where you go in the world you will find that within that population there are differences in infant mortality by ethnic and racial group. AFAIK, the rate is consistently highest among blacks. The press dwells on this. What they never mention is that since the 40s the rate has declined as much among blacks in the U.S. as among whites with improvements in prenatal care and advances in technology. No one wants to admit that because it doesn't fit with the agenda of fanning flames.

30 posted on 05/09/2006 8:34:02 AM PDT by freespirited
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To: freespirited
Exactly. This is another piece of demagoguery by people who can exploit it to their own ends. A legitimate comparison might be U.S. whites to European whites, but not the entire U.S. population to the entire population of some other country. The unpleasant fact is that no matter where you go in the world you will find that within that population there are differences in infant mortality by ethnic and racial group.

The same thing happens when discussing the educational systems around the world. If white students were on a par with their peers around the world, there may be less of a crisis.

35 posted on 05/09/2006 1:33:16 PM PDT by Mark was here (How can they be called "Homeless" if their home is a field?.)
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