since they make no claim of same jobs with different pay, this means it's nothing more than political masturbation.Considering the source of this article, this is the most predictable line in the whole piece.
Didn't "The Bell Curve" demonstrate an intellect difference correlated with skin color? Perhaps Prof. Hersch should have put IQ into the parameter mix, or not - too bland, no headlines! Well Professor, I did not see IQ as a factor in your list of considerations, what about that? Forgive my lack of PCness.
Were Asian Indians included in this "survey" ? Are Chineese and Koreans considered "lighter" than Hispanics? How does the doctor explain the success of these ethnic groups?
What metric did the doctor use to judge skin pimentation? Was it the "brown paper bag test".
I note the doctor only studied "legal" immigrants surely if he studied "undocumented immigrants" the results would be much differant..
The professor is a fraud. Unless he can quantify my supposition of his complete and total failure here he should be ridiculed and dismissed.
"ASSOCIATED PRESS via NY Times" was as far as I got.
This just makes sense. We're such a racist bunch. I know I won't go to a 7-11 if the Indians are darker. I like fair complexion to go with my BIg-Gulp. This guy has us all figured out. I guess we better go back to the super-secret evil (straight, white, and Christian) racist American enclave and formulate a new diabolical scheme.
Check out the second paragraph from the bottom.
I've travelled extensively and visited factories in Malaysia, Thailand, China, eastern and western Europe, Honduras and Nicaragua. I have co-workers who have been in a number of South American countries. The observation? Without fail, the lightest skin people are the bosses, the darkest skin people are mucking the sewage.
One merely need look at TV originating from any country. The talking heads, the actors, etc. almost exclusively lily white, even in countries where the people are quite brown or even dark black. There are exceptions, but they are exceptions, not the rule.
This issue covers academia, anthropology, society and the media and therefore I thought I would ping this random non-ping list.
I stopped reading right there.
She is industrial strength wrong on this point - out of ignorance, shoddy research, or simply a desire to do a hit piece on America.
Light skinned as always been preferable to dark in many other cultures. For a start, she can hop over the border and do some "research" in Mexico.
There is an even larger disparity between "pigmentations" in the countries from which the immigrants come. You see very few Mexican soap opera star types sneaking across the border or lurking at home depot looking for work. Latin America is outsourcing their color problem to the USA.
Finally, I understand why dark-skinned Oprah Winfrey is so poor.
Well in that case, why are we letting dark complexioned people immigrate into our country?
This is just like the old Garrit Morris SNL skit where they discussced the same issue.
These scientists were PAID to have the same result as a comedy skit.
since they make no claim of same jobs with different pay, this means it's nothing more than political masturbation.BS. It’s unlikely any study found that because they’d have to verify their income in their home country first. This is typical NYT misreporting.
More likely, these people were always higher income earners since light skin is nearly universally valued. Any biological tendencies for that aside, the US is the one of the least prejudiced places in that regard.
Liberals are more racist because they think they've got a "pass."
Other reasons for darker-skinned people to have lower incomes:
1) Culture does not encourage higher education.
2) Living in insulated communities.
3) Avoidance of integration.
4) Self segregation for religious reasons.
5) Lack of English language skills.
6) Cultural emphasis on non-intellectual forms of employment.
7) Arranged marriage.
8) Residency in poorer States.
No, no racism here. Sounds like the "researcher" injected the "research" with his own racist beliefs.