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>If white males are at fault

At no point does this talk about "fault", all its saying is white men rightly perceive greater benefits from risk taking. Stop moralizing.



I do not mention anything about morality, I'm pointing serious flaws in the author's analysis.

The article blames culture for the difference, when it is likely caused by economic incentives. My comment pointed this out.

(your comment assumes it's caused by economic incentives as well. The author of the linked article does not.)


The article doesn't "blame" anything. The author literally says exactly what I said in my comment.


From the article:

Flynn and colleagues then established that it was a particular subset of white males who were particularly cavalier about risks: those who, in response to the social justice movement’s currently fashionable suggestion to “check your privilege,” would take significantly longer than others to complete the task. These men were well educated, rich, and politically conservative, as well as more trusting of institutions and authorities, and opposed to a “power to the people” view of the world. A number of studies have now replicated this so-called “white male effect” with other large U.S. samples, and the research points to it being “not so much a ‘white male effect’ as a ‘white hierarchical and individualistic male effect.’ ”


"Blame" implies responsibility, they're describing an effect not the cause.

It all sounds very matter of fact to me so it's funny to see you throw around words like "fault" and "blame". Seems like you're taking this personally.




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