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fortyeridania comments on An attempt at a short no-prerequisite test for programming inclination - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 June 2013 07:09:20AM 0 points [-]

The test looked like it measured intelligence, literacy, and ability to follow rules. How is that biased against blacks?

Comment author: fortyeridania 30 June 2013 12:53:12PM 7 points [-]

The article said (emphasis added):

The literacy test—supposedly applicable to both white and black prospective voters who couldn’t prove a certain level of education but in actuality disproportionately administered to black voters—was a classic example of one of these barriers.

Blacks may have had an unremarkable failure rate, but if (proportionally) more of them were tested, then (proportionally) more of them would have failed.

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