re: Black women are the most educated group

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Don't let the facts from the National Center for Education hit you in the face.

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That article really botched the interpretation of statistics.

Just look at this quote:

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The percentage of black students attending college has increased from 10 per cent to 15 per cent from 1976 to 2012, while the percentage of white students fell from 84 to 60 per cent.

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So if 15% of black students are attending college, and 60% of white students are attending college, then even if 100% of the Black students are women (roughly 30% attendance rate), and then its mathematically impossible to have a rate anything more than half the rate of white students since anything other than 50/50 would give a group a share greater than 60%.

This is simple math. That should never have been published in a major news outlet.