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Gosh, ETH, don't you know nuthin'? Low income blacks and hispanics: Noble victims of a racist society and economy who can do no wrong. Low income whites : Trailertrash redneck neandethal Archie Bunker-type scum who kills "homos" and minorities for fun. I thought everyone knew that...After all, haven't you noticed that blue collar whites are fair game ? Remember when a sitting president's friend and advisor describing (rural, white, southern) women who live in trailer parks as whores who'd do anything for $100?

This should come as no surprise to anyone. And while I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the study (I don't have a link in other words, and it's been so long since I glanced at it that I cannot google for it), and there are certainly many ways to account for this discrepancy if it exists-there is a study somewhere in FR's archives which purports to prove that low income white children whose parents are factory workers, retail salesclerks, etc do as well as or better on the SATs than upper class black children whose parents are doctors, lawyers, etc.

>>>there is a study somewhere in FR's archives which purports to prove that low income white children whose parents are factory workers, retail salesclerks, etc do as well as or better on the SATs than upper class black children whose parents are doctors, lawyers, etc.<<<

That might be The Bell Curve, co-authored by Charles Murray. Quota fans claim that the lack of minority role models explains why upper class minority kids don't do better, but on the other hand they've got their parents (and their parents' peers). Meanwhile...doesn't Hollywood go out of its way to be "politically correct"? For example, when is the last time anyone saw a white male judge in some t.v. or movie production? It's been about 15 years since I've seen anything like that.

Meanwhile, when such minority kids realize that thanks to quotas, they'll get into a profession but be viewed as mediocre merely because of the existence of skin color-based quotas...what's the use in developing one's mind? I think Jeb Bush's "One Florida" policy is what's best for minorities, and it's looking like Jeb will become the first Republican governor of Florida EVER to get re-elected.