11-14-2009 at 04:39 PM
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Racism at MAC
Hi everyone,
One example of my racism experience was during an earth sciences class in which this guy seated at the row behind me said that he hates white people.
Is it a jealousy thing? I mean, in all honesty, all developed countries are predomiannately white even though the world's population is only ~10% white 
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11-14-2009 at 04:48 PM
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Mike, when you read this, can you explain how that works out statistically?
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11-14-2009 at 06:12 PM
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Lol I'm pretty sure he is trolling here! There was an eerily similar post to: http://www.macinsiders.com/showthread.php?t=2467 5&
*facepalm*
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11-14-2009 at 07:41 PM
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omg i<3 trolls.
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Mathematically it makes about as much sense as (pineapple)$$*cucumbe r*.
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11-14-2009 at 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by goodnews.inc
Mike, when you read this, can you explain how that works out statistically?
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11-14-2009 at 07:52 PM
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A troll topic in response to a topic that has been dead for a week... weak, it's like trolls don't even try anymore
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11-14-2009 at 07:58 PM
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It's a troll thread, he's making fun of the OP in the other thread.
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Calculate it anyways.
XD
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11-14-2009 at 08:10 PM
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To the OP:
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11-14-2009 at 08:14 PM
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Calculate it anyways.
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I know I want to see Mike explain stats  Given that right now, 80% of our stats class fails our midterms, I'm interested in seeing whether it can be explained in an understandable way.
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The answer is 4.
Without an estimate of the percentage of whites in 'developed countries' there's not really much to calculate...it's just a vague notion that the distribution of 'non-whites' in under-developed countries is enormous.
(Note: I'm not saying this, it's what the OP's words imply).
ie. if he had said "Whites compose 90% of developed countries, even though they're only 10% of the total population." (which likely isn't true, but the numbers work out nicely) then I could say that the 9 out of the 10% of whites (with respect to the total population) are 'wealthy' whereas 1% of the whites (w.r.t. the total population) are poor.
This would be contrasted with '90%' of the total population which corresponds to everyone else. Of course they comprise 10% of the 'wealthy' population, and so 9% out of the 90% are wealthy...this leaves 81% of the world's population is 'non-white' and 'non-wealthy.'
Presumably saying, there are 81 times as many 'non-whites' who are poor.
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11-14-2009 at 08:26 PM
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Wanna write my stats exam for me?
God knows I failed that last one.
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Sure, I'll need a blonde wig.
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11-14-2009 at 08:32 PM
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Well it depends on if he is implying that white people are developed because they have a higher IQ level(which presumably is not true according to random sketchy Youtube Videos about Asians having a higher average IQ :S); But IQ is not the only reason a society progresses. They key word being "Society" which is culture, which is sociological territory. 8)
Oh well, Don't feed the troll!
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11-14-2009 at 08:53 PM
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Don't trolls have anything better to do with their time... like go do your assignments!
>.> I should go do my assignments... sigh...
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Speaking of racism, why the hell does that smiley in the OP have a bucktooth? Is it supposed to look like a stereotypical Asian person? Or a stereotypical nerd? O_o
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