re: #198 Dopamine Fish

Truth is, it’s not OK to be white, in the specific sense that it’s not OK to demand to receive special treatment because “that’s the way it’s always been.” The fact that white people have historically been in control of the levers of power, and have received preferential treatment at every turn, does not mean that it’s OK for that to continue. It’s OK to have white skin, it’s not OK to be a stereotypical white person.

And how many of the “It’s OK to be white” disagree that “It’s OK to be black/brown/whatever group I want to rail about”.

Had a sociology class back in college and the instructor spent a bit of time on data collection, polling, etc. since it’s an important part of getting information. And they stressed quite a bit the need to seriously analyze the polling question for inherent bias and also having a sufficient and broad sample size to make a valid conclusion.

It essentially gave me a BS detector towards phone polls, internet polls, etc. Especially when the questions themselves pretty much declare that the polls goal is not analysis but finding “statistics” that will support a goal already decided upon.