From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:59:59 -0800 (PST)
To: Igor Chudov <ichudov@algebra.com>
Subject: Re: Redlining
In-Reply-To: <199612112328.RAA02505@manifold.algebra.com>
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Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> E. Allen Smith wrote:
> > From: IN%"ichudov@algebra.com" 11-DEC-1996 14:01:18.43
> > >The problem is, people can choose what credit history they want to have
> > >(I can be a saver or a spender, for example), but nobody can change the
> > >color of their skin.
> > >This is central point of the theory why discrimination based on credit
> > >histories is OK, while the discrimination based on race is not.

[snip]

> Do we consider discrimination based on poverty illegitimate?

Note that when only part of the statistical picture is presented, the
result can be misleading:  Mississippi is a much poorer state than
Ohio or Pennsylvania, but also has a much lower crime rate.

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