[lbo-talk] The Black Commentator on Cosby

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Jul 5 13:29:04 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


> I meant to mention this the other day, but didn't get around to it.
> The best statistical predictor of a person's ultimate educational
> attainment is the educational attainment of his/her parents. The
> wonderful economist Patrick Mason has shown that actual black
> eduational attainment has exceeded the level predicted by the models
> since the 19th century.
>
> Doug

Do you know how other minorities stack up?

-- Luke



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