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by 8note 1346 days ago
afaik its a restatement of Simpson's Paradox[0]

If you're a member of two different minority groups, your experience is not described by taking a union of the bad things from each. Eg. If being black results in 3% less <> and being a woman results in 5% less <>, then being a black woman does not result in 8% less <>.

[0]: https://youtu.be/ebEkn-BiW5k