welp... one of the groups I am talking about is the Irish. That's a pretty big group. Another is inner-city blacks and Hispanics and those too are pretty big groups.
I guess I am having trouble understanding why a question's correct answer is determined by white middle-class culture, as the #19 question seems to be. Perhaps we want respect for authority in our lieutenant candidates, in which case the question, while embodying cultural norms, has a presumably legal rationale. It would not however seem to be a good measure of thinking outside the box (for instance). But hey, IANAL... that's just my own possibly flawed understanding. But I see people here getting upset when the answer they are sure is correct is questioned. That actually does seem a bit biased. On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, Cameron and I asked for examples of 'culturally biased' > questions and you posted the two examples we have been discussing. You > have to forgive a good old boy when he asks a question and assumes > what he gets in return was actually an answer to that question. > > So, again (and I will reword using your terms), if a question goes > against 'the cultural norm' why is it immediately the question and not > the 'culture' that has the problem? > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You know -- I try hard not to pigeonhole you as a good old boy. >> Sometimes you make it hard. >> >> a) I did not say biased, you did. I said "contains a cultural norm." >> >> b) I also said that whether this is an issue depends on multiple factors. >> >> please explain what part of this is hard to understand. >> >> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> OK..it would make the question culturally biased, how? >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> actually I didn't say racially I said culturally. And if people of >>>> different cultures think different answers are correct then there is a >>>> cultural norm in the question. >>>> >>>> Whether this is unfair depends. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> But there are also groups where "ratting" is always the wrong answer, >>>>>> and without ignoring the situation you can also take him home. I can >>>>>> think of several people I know who would do exactly that. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> And that would make the question racially biased, how? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Scott Stroz >>>>> --------------- >>>>> The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who >>>>> are willing to work and give to those who would not. - Thomas >>>>> Jefferson >>>>> >>>>> http://xkcd.com/386/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
