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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
I've taken one professional exam in my life( http://www.ascp.org/FunctionalNaviga...ification.aspx) and my class at my particular school consited of 8 people: 2 Iranians, 1 Indian (from India), 1 African and 4 Black Americans. 6 of us passed and two didn't. The two who did not pass were Black Americans. So no one can say that the exam was biased based on race.
I knew I had to study, I did and I passed on my first try. |
The racialized comparison doesn't work as well when the pool of test takers are all immigrants and/or racial and ethnic minorities.
I think that people need to remember the implications of assuming "oh...the minorities just didn't prepare well enough" whenever there's a disparity in outcome. Probability statistics aside, it is not uncommon for organizations concerned with equal opportunity to look at the distribution of test results.