Posted on 07/06/2023 2:52:02 PM PDT by Jacquerie
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson made a "mathematically absurd claim" about Black newborns in her dissenting opinion in the affirmative action decision, attorney Ted Frank wrote in a Wednesday Wall Street Journal op-ed.
Jackson argued in her dissent that diversity "saves lives" and that it was essential for "marginalized communities."
"It saves lives. For marginalized communities in North Carolina, it is critically important that UNC and other area institutions produce highly educated professionals of color. Research shows that Black physicians are more likely to accurately assess Black patients’ pain tolerance and treat them accordingly (including, for example, prescribing them appropriate amounts of pain medication). For high-risk Black newborns, having a Black physician more than doubles the likelihood that the baby will live, and not die," she wrote.
Frank wrote that Jackson's claim came from a 2020 study, according to a footnote in the dissent, but added that the study didn't match Jackson's claim.
"The study makes no such claims. It examines mortality rates in Florida newborns between 1992 and 2015 and shows a 0.13% to 0.2% improvement in survival rates for black newborns with black pediatricians (though no statistically significant improvement for black obstetricians)," he said.
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NOT surprising that there is another AA selection sitting on the bench of the SCOTUS. So blatantly unqualified......
She read .02 and thought that meant 2X
“I grow weary of negroes with chips on their shoulders.”
They seem a majority among women. Cynical after allowing themselves to be used and discarded by men they were trying to replace their missing father with?
WOW!
And here I always thought human beings were about 99.98% in their physiological reactions to injury and pain.
I know from experience that I am in that .02% that have a higher tolerance for pain than most people but I also know from my doctors that that is unusual.
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