On Friday, April 5, 2013 10:58:18 AM UTC-4, mo_ntresor wrote:
> On Apr 5 2013 8:09 AM, mo_ntresor wrote:
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> > we're talking about achievement, not ability. the black population in
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> > EVERY state currently drags down educational averages, increases crime
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> > rates, increases illegitimacy rates, etc. they are, ON AVERAGE,
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> > underachieving.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_African-American_population
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> Rank State African-American Alone
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> Population (2010)[1] % African-American
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> 1 Mississippi 1,074,200 37.30%
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> 2 Louisiana 1,452,396 31.98%
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> 3 Georgia 2,950,435 30.02%
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> 4 Maryland 1,700,298 29.44%
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> 5 South Carolina 1,290,684 28.48%
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> 6 Alabama 1,251,311 26.38%
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> 7 North Carolina 2,048,628 21.60%
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> 8 Delaware 191,814 20.95%
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> 9 Virginia 1,551,399 19.91%
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> 10 Tennessee 1,055,689 16.78%
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> 11 Florida 2,999,862 15.91%
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> 12 Arkansas 449,895 15.76%
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> 13 New York 3,073,800 15.18%
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> 14 Illinois 1,866,414 14.88%
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> 15 New Jersey 1,204,826 14.46%
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> how's that map against our "source" for lowest educated, worst test
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> scores, and whatever the fuck else denominator cherry picking idiots want
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> to pretend "conservatism" is responsible for?
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> mo_ntresor
1. Maryland is #4 on your list. It also exceeds the national average on
benchmark scores
(cf.
http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/pdf/profile/Maryland.pdf)
2. In addition to the comment I made before, note that Texas leads the nation
in repeat teenage pregnancy.