[ramraj07]

The report only concluded that women didn’t have worse outcomes in acadrmia _after_ getting their PhDs. How are you taking this as a vindication of all affirmative action?

Given through my decade long academic journey I barely saw any African American PIs in biomedical sciences, I don’t think that it’s a solved problem yet for other cases. Even within gender biases, the moment you include PhD enrollment and graduation rates you’ll likely see a massive difference anyway.

[Levitz]

>Even within gender biases, the moment you include PhD enrollment and graduation rates you’ll likely see a massive difference anyway.

Might as well go all the way and start caring about college enrollment and graduation rates at that point no?

That'd find gender bias. Against men.

[joemazerino]

Sounds like those people aren't interested in the biomedical field. Maybe representation is indicative of desire instead of oppression.

[hajile]

That’s confusing causes and effects.

This paper is making the case that if a person makes it to college, they won’t be discriminated against while there. The question of whether they make it to college is a far different one.

Whether someone makes it to college and the different factors involved there are beyond the scope of this study.

[hackernewds]

Seems that you are advocating both for equality of outcome, and equality of opportunity. It's hard to argue for both, since in a free choice world the opportunities may not be taken up proportionally