Current status of “Systematic Racism” or “Structural Racism” - is a question: Does system racism exist across institutions in the USA? The task at hand is for activists to demonstrate via quantitative scientific research that such a condition exists. I have not seen the evidence. Perhaps a more worthwhile proposal is to construct a bias score per institution - in numerous categories (alphabetical); age, gender, political posture, race, sexuality. Each institution would likely have a unique profile of scores across categories. Where there is bias, it needs to be properly identified so that it can be strategically addressed. The measure would need to be at 2 levels; (1) Within the institution. (2) Institutional effect upon society. Example: Level 1 = Within IRS. Level 2 = All income tax activity in USA.
Would the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) be measured only per each DMV municipal “territory” or would there also be state, regional and national DMV bias scores?
In previous years, I have worked hard on a number of research projects, where the objective was to humbly demonstrate that A is associated with B. A year ago, I was horrified to find a paper circulated in serious and highly educated circles, that asserted “Due to historical slavery and Jim Crow in the southern states, therefore white supremacy is a severe problem nationwide in 2020 in profession X”, without presenting evidence. In fact, the paper assumed this novel idea was established fact, and discussed how to supposedly correct the problem.
Current status of “Systematic Racism” or “Structural Racism” - is a question: Does system racism exist across institutions in the USA? The task at hand is for activists to demonstrate via quantitative scientific research that such a condition exists. I have not seen the evidence. Perhaps a more worthwhile proposal is to construct a bias score per institution - in numerous categories (alphabetical); age, gender, political posture, race, sexuality. Each institution would likely have a unique profile of scores across categories. Where there is bias, it needs to be properly identified so that it can be strategically addressed. The measure would need to be at 2 levels; (1) Within the institution. (2) Institutional effect upon society. Example: Level 1 = Within IRS. Level 2 = All income tax activity in USA.
Would the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles) be measured only per each DMV municipal “territory” or would there also be state, regional and national DMV bias scores?
In previous years, I have worked hard on a number of research projects, where the objective was to humbly demonstrate that A is associated with B. A year ago, I was horrified to find a paper circulated in serious and highly educated circles, that asserted “Due to historical slavery and Jim Crow in the southern states, therefore white supremacy is a severe problem nationwide in 2020 in profession X”, without presenting evidence. In fact, the paper assumed this novel idea was established fact, and discussed how to supposedly correct the problem.