How insulting is Colored (vs. African American)

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You're no better (perhaps worse)

in what fashion? i post something that isn't an opinion article. can't argue with numbers.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by starang21

that BFF and JFK have similar graduation rates

I am talking about percentages and not rates, just as the Census educational attainment that you linked is the counts and percentages but not the rates.

(The Census documentation addresses graduation rates.)

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I am talking about percentages and not rates, just as the Census educational attainment that you linked is the counts and percentages but not the rates.

(The Census documentation addresses graduation rates.)

so what's the difference between rates and percentages?

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You can misapply and misinterpret numbers.

were the numbers i posted misinterpreted? if so, in what fashion?

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

www.google.com

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/percentage

A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rate

A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by starang21

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/percentage

A proportion or share in relation to a whole; a part

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rate

A measure of a part with respect to a whole; a proportion

Thefreedictionary is just reminding you that we express rates as percentages. Whether it means the same thing depends on what you're looking at/who you ask. The point is that the Census was reporting counts and percentages in that educational attainment data. It can be converted to rates if you wish.

[KSig RC]

With a sample size in the tens of millions (and hundreds of millions for whites) there's a good chance that a 4% difference is actually statistically significant, too.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

With a sample size in the tens of millions (and hundreds of millions for whites) there's a good chance that a 4% difference is actually statistically significant, too.

And the old adage "statistical significance is not substantive significance" also applies.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

What is with this article?

Do you have it on "speed post?"

You need a hobby.

Crochet much?

I am so mad you stole my comment...LOL

But...that goes to show the redundancy this dunce has for posting 'information'.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by lovespink88

I know, I know, I REALLY shouldn't. So many better things to do...I was just legitimately curious about his motives and then got caught up the moment!

I answered you question. Are you going to answer mine?

What do you think Obama was going for when he gave the speech that makes some of the same points that I am making?

[madmax]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

You can misapply and misinterpret numbers. That's why we're typing to each other now.

The numbers are garbage anyway. There are many districts where the teachers were pressured to push students through the system.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by starang21

stats?

http://www.census.gov/population/www...n/cps2008.html

according to these 86 percent of whites and 82 percent of blacks have a high school education.

I don't need stats. Just drive through any large city and open you eyes.

[madmax]

Originally Posted by Tired Black Man

Mutha f*cka please. You white mutha f*ckuz don't have a clue. Your bitch ass is brainwashed, because black people in general are not celebrated. I'll used my home town as an example. The first nonnative to settle in what is now Chicago was a black Haitian man. He built a house and a trading post near the Chicago River where the first elections took place, the first marriage was held, and first court handed down justice. But only two tiny streets bear his name, while you white mutha f*ckuz have your names all over the entire city. The father of Chicago is still uncelebrated at the annual ceremonies marketing the city's birth. That's f*cked up. Then you say we're not educated. wtf? Did your white ass know that Dr. Gabriel Oyibo solved the unified field theory in physics? That was a feat Albert dumbass Einstein could not accomplish. This unified field theory is considered the holy grail of physics. But the black man who solve it was not celebrated with the most recognizable prize. It blows me away knowing you white mutha f*kuz didn't want to see a black man in the White House. We built the White House from the ground up as we did this whole goddamn country, and FOR FREE so it's about time we live in it. Talk about black men not taking care of his kids? You dumb mutha f*ckuz don't even know. You all have stolen everything you own, have oppressed everybody and were too damn lazy to do your own work, so you had us do it for you, FOR FREE. Do you know U.S. history, bitch? You obviousy don't. If your dumbass did you would know throughout history, the white male and black female have had an open sexual relationship. Not consensual, by any means. It was born out of RAPE, humility and control. During slavery, whites, introduced the house slaves to white ways, minimal education and non concensual sexual relations. It has long been held that even "The Father of the United States" George Washington (a rapist himself) had sexual intercourse with his female slaves and it is this behavoir that may have resulted in his death. He reportedly caught pneumonia because of his frequent visits to the slave quarters, which were less fit for human habitation. All of this rape was the beginning of the soiling of black women in America. It was especially devastating when seen through the eyes of black men. Not only do we take care of our own kids, we've taken care of you white mutha f*ckuz nasty kids for over 400 years because white women were considered to be pure so they couldn't breast feed the little white mutha f*ckuz, so you have the balls to say we don't take care of our kids. F*ck you! You white mutha f*ckuz are savages. I haven't even begun. Keep this shit up and I will beat you with an extension cord. Do you understand me?

And it's the "Million MAN March", you dumb mutha f*cka.

You are hilarious. Do you have a Malcolm X poster?

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by Tired Black Man

Mutha f*cka please. You white mutha f*ckuz don't have a clue. Your bitch ass is brainwashed, because black people in general are not celebrated. I'll used my home town as an example. The first nonnative to settle in what is now Chicago was a black Haitian man. He built a house and a trading post near the Chicago River where the first elections took place, the first marriage was held, and first court handed down justice. But only two tiny streets bear his name, while you white mutha f*ckuz have your names all over the entire city. The father of Chicago is still uncelebrated at the annual ceremonies marketing the city's birth. That's f*cked up. Then you say we're not educated. wtf? Did your white ass know that Dr. Gabriel Oyibo solved the unified field theory in physics? That was a feat Albert dumbass Einstein could not accomplish. This unified field theory is considered the holy grail of physics. But the black man who solve it was not celebrated with the most recognizable prize. It blows me away knowing you white mutha f*kuz didn't want to see a black man in the White House. We built the White House from the ground up as we did this whole goddamn country, and FOR FREE so it's about time we live in it. Talk about black men not taking care of his kids? You dumb mutha f*ckuz don't even know. You all have stolen everything you own, have oppressed everybody and were too damn lazy to do your own work, so you had us do it for you, FOR FREE. Do you know U.S. history, bitch? You obviousy don't. If your dumbass did you would know throughout history, the white male and black female have had an open sexual relationship. Not consensual, by any means. It was born out of RAPE, humility and control. During slavery, whites, introduced the house slaves to white ways, minimal education and non concensual sexual relations. It has long been held that even "The Father of the United States" George Washington (a rapist himself) had sexual intercourse with his female slaves and it is this behavoir that may have resulted in his death. He reportedly caught pneumonia because of his frequent visits to the slave quarters, which were less fit for human habitation. All of this rape was the beginning of the soiling of black women in America. It was especially devastating when seen through the eyes of black men. Not only do we take care of our own kids, we've taken care of you white mutha f*ckuz nasty kids for over 400 years because white women were considered to be pure so they couldn't breast feed the little white mutha f*ckuz, so you have the balls to say we don't take care of our kids. F*ck you! You white mutha f*ckuz are savages. I haven't even begun. Keep this shit up and I will beat you with an extension cord. Do you understand me?

And it's the "Million MAN March", you dumb mutha f*cka.

I'm not going to deny there have been alot of very smart black engineers and scientist. But you need to get your facts straight. There still isn't a Unified Field Theory, though almost every physicist is searching for one.

[DrPhil]