tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post1228445053748844507..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Archie Bunker is black, brown, or yellowRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-10718084016948389302010-09-29T08:11:00.177-07:002010-09-29T08:11:00.177-07:00I think the Archie Bunker mentality is natural to ...I think the Archie Bunker mentality is natural to most humans. What we're seeing here is the results of 40+ years of whites (but not anyone else) being told in school and on television that they're evil for preferring their own kind.Saint Louisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-42222704539871361062010-09-29T07:08:00.517-07:002010-09-29T07:08:00.517-07:00Given the aggressiveness of affirmative action in ...Given the aggressiveness of affirmative action in medical schools, if you are going to judge a doc by race alone, then your ranking should be asian, white, anything else. And the differences among those categories are large. Furthermore, most people are too dumb to judge physician quality directly. Also, most people don't know the right way to ask for a referral. Thus, race is likely the best proxy most people have.<br /><br />The curious thing about that study is that only asians seem to get this.Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-8185106488192380052010-09-28T20:51:58.370-07:002010-09-28T20:51:58.370-07:00"Asians and Hispanics often do not speak Engl..."Asians and Hispanics often do not speak English. I wouldn't neccessarily fault them for wanting a same-ethnicity provider."<br /><br />They adjusted for language, and the differences remained.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-13539864754951556972010-09-28T20:34:26.888-07:002010-09-28T20:34:26.888-07:00OTOH, as a middle aged white male, I generally fig...OTOH, as a middle aged white male, I generally figure that my chances of being stuck with an affirmative action practioner are somewhat less if I go to doctors named "something" -berg or -stein.Sgt. Joe Fridaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-79019555089775611732010-09-28T18:49:11.748-07:002010-09-28T18:49:11.748-07:00Asians and Hispanics often do not speak English. ...Asians and Hispanics often do not speak English. I wouldn't neccessarily fault them for wanting a same-ethnicity provider.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-41976084805895326732010-09-28T15:42:49.706-07:002010-09-28T15:42:49.706-07:00I've read an article and use to browse medical...I've read an article and use to browse medical student forums, and many black students or interns express the fact that most patients think they are nurses/orderlies etc.<br /><br />Perhaps people still have biases towards black doctors and quite possibly hispanic doctors and that racial non-bias is towards Asian and in particular Indian doctors.<br /><br />I can understand why Asians seek Asian doctors, as immigrants mostly have a keep to themselves mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com