>>12826389idk but i have a text on why the SAT is racist
A study published in the Harvard Educational Review found discrepancies in scores between black
and white students; Even when the students’ socioeconomic background and quality of education were
accounted for, black students still did worse on the SAT verbal section than their white peers.
Interestingly, the study found this divide was most pronounced on the “easy” questions,
but that there was very little divide on the difficult questions. They theorized that this
discrepancy was the result of easier questions being written in a way more reflective of the
verbal patterns of white Americans, which makes sense given that most of the test writers are
themselves white. This wasn’t a barrier for white students, but this put extra cognitive strain
on black students, who were reading questions written in a way that didn’t feel as natural for them.
On the hard questions, which were written in a highly technical way that was equally unfamiliar
to students of all races, the gap largely disappeared.
