Brett Pelham
1 min readNov 19, 2021

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Arguing that some groups do well in some areas is not a good argument that racism isn't real. Does the success of a tiny number of Black pro athletes mean that there is no racism or discrimination in math classes -- or in policing strategies?

So, yes, Asian-American mothers do pretty well when it comes to infant mortality, but they also experience racism. An example is that they get unneeded c-sections more often than White mothers do -- because they are stereotyped as fragile and powerleess. Asian-Americans also have to get better grades than White students do to get into good colleges. So racism isn't exactly the same when it comes to every specifci racial or ehtnic minority.

The question is not whether any ethnic minoroty groups ever have any good life outcomes. It is whether racism holds people back in important areas, and the data in many areas show that it does.

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Brett Pelham
Brett Pelham

Written by Brett Pelham

Brett is a social psychologist at Montgomery College, MD. Brett studies health, gender, culture, religion, identity, and stereotypes.

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