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0 pointschrsig2y ago0 comments

I'd look towards stratified sampling to think more formally around the issue.

POC is homogonizing because it's reducing the space from N strata to 2: white and non-white, blending n-1 strata.

Per wikipedia:

> Stratification is the process of dividing members of the population into homogeneous subgroups before sampling. The strata should define a partition of the population. That is, it should be collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive: every element in the population must be assigned to one and only one stratum. Then simple random sampling is applied within each stratum

Using this definition, white and non-white are mutually exclusive, while location of origin forms a different axis for comparison.

In more social sciences, you might look to intersectionality for an explanation.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified_sampling

[1] https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resour...

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dj_mc_merlin2y ago

I fail to see how non white doesn't also reduce the strata to 2, however. Where is the third stratum?

clcaev2y ago

Moreover, who is white or non-white is political: currently a certain blood quantum is necessary for being American Indian; yet, in recent history under the one drop rule, for African Americans it was the inverse. The difference is material, as former was entitled to a say in land on a reservation, while the latter did not.

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