Klarinet Archive - Posting 000253.txt from 1999/02

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Women and orchestras
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 11:24:25 -0500

At 02:28 AM 2/6/99 EST, DHmorgan wrote:
>Lets say there are ten black law students. Let us say that their writing
>skills are, indeed, poor. But they are MORE POOR in the eyes of white
graders
>than in the eyes of BLACK graders. Let us say some of them do pretty well.
>They do LESS WELL in the eyes of their white graders than their black
graders.
>Let's say a woman writes a poor essay. She does LESS POORLY in the eyes of
>women graders than she does in the eyes of male graders. Now, do
>blacks/women/men/whites take pity on their own kind and grade them higher
even
>when they do poorly? Do they punish the other group by grading them unfairly
>low? I have no idea--and it doesn't matter. The evidence of the study in
>question, which I don't have on hand and am getting tired of trying to
recall,
>seemed to indicate that the BIAS was there, irrespective of performance.
>
Does this mean we are supposed to have a sliding grading scale, taking into
account the persons physical/genetic makeup when deciding how well they
play? Would Sabine Meyer feel especially complimented a review which says
she plays very well -- for a woman? The standard MUST be objective. If
the standard is adjusted, up or down, for different groups, that, by
definition, IS BIAS!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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