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Re: NYT: Crowded Subways? Yes, in Neighborhoods Where People Have to Go to Work |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Dec 4 20:10:35 2020, in response to Re: NYT: Crowded Subways? Yes, in Neighborhoods Where People Have to Go to Work, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Thu Dec 3 15:23:08 2020. The article is a good one, except for one questionable phrase that you seem to be focused on to the exclusion of everything else. Do lower-wage workers "tend to be people of color"? Certainly not exclusively, but "tend" doesn't mean exclusively. Yes, the percentage of non-whites in the type of jobs she is talking about is higher than in type of jobs which people can work from home. That is an objective fact. But there are still plenty of whites doing those jobs as well. So was the mention of racial disparities improper? I don't think so, but I do think it was phrased in a way that seemed to exaggerate those disparities. Perhaps "are more likely to be" rather than "tend to be" would have been better. But it was just a portion of one sentence, not the focus of the article. |
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