tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post1540402942604809981..comments2024-03-08T08:26:10.748+00:00Comments on Racial Reality: Underperformance of Poor White British BoysRacial Realityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-56216036353878197402018-02-06T02:43:12.145+00:002018-02-06T02:43:12.145+00:00The biggest question is why are these other races ...The biggest question is why are these other races in the UK? Are Africa and the Asian land masses not big enough for them? Why did they need to move to these colder tiny crowded islands when it is all ready full of native British? It makes about as much sense as shipping elephants to the UK? Why?Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559663582957609315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-1139317564727543672012-02-12T14:44:04.029+00:002012-02-12T14:44:04.029+00:00>>> google gcse exams teachers cheating [...<i>>>> google gcse exams teachers cheating [...] The UK's GCSE system is a joke.</i><br /><br />Cheating occurs everywhere. It has nothing to do with the GCSEs per se. Besides, it was done to improve overall scores, which would benefit all of the students, white as well as black.<br /><br />It took you one month of Googling to come up with that? You're the joke.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-52887715780745774072012-02-11T17:36:17.532+00:002012-02-11T17:36:17.532+00:00I find it interesting that African blacks perform ...I find it interesting that African blacks perform better than Caribbean blacks. Could it be because most Caribbean blacks are descended from former slaves, while most African blacks are not? Perhaps blacks who descended from slaves have learned to hate the white man and his educational system while recent immigrants from Africa see education as an important tool for achieving prosperity. Has Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-72989260287247840562012-02-11T01:21:53.039+00:002012-02-11T01:21:53.039+00:00google gcse exams teachers cheating
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http://...google gcse exams teachers cheating<br /><br />e.g.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2077036/Teachers-exam-questions-students-advance-sessions-cheating-examiners.html<br /><br />The UK's GCSE system is a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-61130905125428532242012-01-13T14:28:59.423+00:002012-01-13T14:28:59.423+00:00The articles quoted in this blog post refer specif...The articles quoted in this blog post refer specifically to the exam portion of the GCSEs and to students' performance in English and Math. So all of your bitching about alternative subjects, coursework and teacher "manipulation" is moot. The black-white gap they're talking about isn't based on any of those things.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-42348207647483081852012-01-13T07:45:03.816+00:002012-01-13T07:45:03.816+00:00google.com GCSE coursework
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http://coursewor...google.com GCSE coursework<br /><br />e.g.<br /><br />http://coursework-writing.co.uk/<br /><br />e.g.<br /><br />http://www.gcse-coursework.com/exams.html<br /><br />"In some instances, GCSE coursework can contribute up to 60% of your final grade. In others, it can only contribute 20%."<br /><br />Maths 20%, English 40%, other subjects up to 60% so teachers can manipulate the system ifAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-57291803544056773172012-01-13T07:19:38.487+00:002012-01-13T07:19:38.487+00:00"The GCSEs are standardized exams in the U.K...."The GCSEs are standardized exams in the U.K. covering primarily English, Math and Science."<br /><br />No they're not. I gave you a list of all the alternative GCSEs. If you think a "Food technology" GCSE is comparable to an IQ test then you're talking nonsense.<br /><br />Also it's not a conspiracy against white kids. The gap used to be the other way and there Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-50923875770395285722011-12-01T14:55:36.410+00:002011-12-01T14:55:36.410+00:00>>> evidence of discrimination...is often...<i>>>> evidence of discrimination...is often taken to be the statistical fact that, on average, some racial/socioeconomic/ethnocultural group is not succeeding on the same level as some other</i><br /><br />Not by me.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-50114907036137079732011-11-30T21:11:28.996+00:002011-11-30T21:11:28.996+00:00>>> No one has provided any evidence of d...>>> No one has provided any evidence of discrimination against poor white boys compared to poor boys of other races. Until then, it's nothing but a crazy conspiracy theory, or at the very least a really lame excuse.<br /><br />The impression I have gotten is that the evidence of discrimination (in mainstream political discourse) is often taken to be the statistical fact that, on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-21541073312191583442011-11-30T14:44:36.904+00:002011-11-30T14:44:36.904+00:00No one has provided any evidence of discrimination...No one has provided any evidence of discrimination against poor white boys compared to poor boys of other races. Until then, it's nothing but a crazy conspiracy theory, or at the very least a really lame excuse.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-73288321280366646872011-11-27T21:55:34.773+00:002011-11-27T21:55:34.773+00:00It does not seem logical to just label concern abo...It does not seem logical to just label concern about teachers' and society's attitudes toward poor white British boys as "conspiracy theory". At least, by the same logic, claiming that another racial/socioeconomic/ethnocultural group's weaker performance was due to society's attitudes towards them (as seems to me to be commonly claimed in mainstream discourse) would seemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-20466473482141444732011-08-26T05:38:32.775+01:002011-08-26T05:38:32.775+01:00It's better to just look at the gaps between t...It's better to just look at the gaps between the composite groups. Based on the following there is a .3 to .5 SD gap (as compared to the .7 US achievement gap):<br /><br />Stevens, 2007. Researching Race/Ethnicity and Educational Inequality in English Secondary Schools: A Critical Review of the Research Literature Between 1980 and 2005<br /><br />Strand, (in press). The White British-Black chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-44513986765222242592011-05-17T14:18:27.803+01:002011-05-17T14:18:27.803+01:00Please keep your unsupported claims and conspiracy...Please keep your unsupported claims and conspiracy theories to yourself. The GCSEs are standardized exams in the U.K. covering primarily English, Math and Science. And, like PISA scores, GCSE scores have been (mis)used before as proxies for IQ. So the comparison is valid.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-25517570613179595932011-05-10T05:41:33.058+01:002011-05-10T05:41:33.058+01:00That last post seems rude now.
List of GCSE subje...That last post seems rude now.<br /><br />List of GCSE subjects<br /><br />http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GCSE_subjects<br /><br />Food Technology<br />Desigh & Technology<br />Graphic Products<br />etc<br /><br />Half of it is marked on course work downloaded off the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-16936867002800347192011-05-09T12:15:29.672+01:002011-05-09T12:15:29.672+01:00"We deal with facts and evidence here, not ab..."We deal with facts and evidence here, not absurd conspiracy theories."<br /><br />Well obviously you don't. GCSEs are NOTHING like the PISA tests and most of them include coursework.<br /><br />The worst schools rig their league table results by giving easy GCSEs with lots of course work to the stupid kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-63005379357118141812010-10-05T14:17:58.813+01:002010-10-05T14:17:58.813+01:00Jews are included in the "White other" c...Jews are included in the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_White_%28United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category%29" rel="nofollow">White other</a>" category.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-87182006142488788072010-09-27T22:20:17.331+01:002010-09-27T22:20:17.331+01:00Speaking of Jews, why isn't there a category f...Speaking of Jews, why isn't there a category for them in the chart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-18664962935601772202010-08-09T16:36:13.575+01:002010-08-09T16:36:13.575+01:00That guy, amazingly, didn't blame jews- he'...That guy, amazingly, didn't blame jews- he's blaming just white liberals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-55829551988090847292010-07-28T14:08:32.759+01:002010-07-28T14:08:32.759+01:00^ We deal with facts and evidence here, not absurd...^ We deal with facts and evidence here, not absurd conspiracy theories.Racial Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507362910443691074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-61336036305109833992010-07-08T23:57:53.237+01:002010-07-08T23:57:53.237+01:00GCSE results rely heavily on Teacher marked course...GCSE results rely heavily on Teacher marked coursework rather than actual exams. British Teachers are overwhelmingly left wing liberals who worship Ethnic Minorities and despise the White Working Class, the results are unsurprising and reflect liberal prejudice rather than actual ability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-26624597701258613732010-06-07T23:50:29.335+01:002010-06-07T23:50:29.335+01:00"It's not unreasonable to think that ther..."It's not unreasonable to think that there has been more cognitive sorting among the native British population than there has among the black immigrants, since smart white Brits have had generations to climb the socioeconomic ladder... Having said that, it does stand in contrast with the results in the U.S., where the black-white gap persists across the socioeconomic spectrum."<br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700059.post-50502875709064773202010-06-02T17:37:43.669+01:002010-06-02T17:37:43.669+01:00Overall, blacks underperform whites on the GSCEs, ...Overall, blacks underperform whites on the GSCEs, so I don't think the under-performance of poor whites in itself refutes any theories on race and intelligence. It's not unreasonable to think that there has been more cognitive sorting among the native British population than there has among the black immigrants, since smart white Brits have had generations to climb the socioeconomic Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327785256936928799noreply@blogger.com