Tuesday, August 30, 2022

The Fallacy of Disparities Never Quits

Evidence of different outcomes is not evidence of discrimination

Letter to The WSJ.

"In his letter “Making Medicine an ‘Anti-Racist’ Profession” (Aug. 16), Jack Resneck Jr., president of the American Medical Association, claims that “disparities in life expectancy” are evidence of racism. I hope he uses better logic in treating patients. Are all differences in life expectancy attributable to discrimination? In 2020, average life expectancy for U.S. women was more than 5 years greater than the life expectancy for men. Would he interpret this difference as antimale discrimination? Are there no other relevant factors?

Prof. Thomas Grennes

North Carolina State University"

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