# Are you a racist? Warning signs

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 7, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519 "2014-07-07T08:12:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-racist-warning-signs/692519/1514 "2020-09-10T03:29:35Z")

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Sorry, couldn’t resist the necro. Too many dog whistles to ignore in this one:

> [@Is meritocracy overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-meritocracy-overrated/817385/110):
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> OK so now that we understand that tests matter. As long as you are using an objective standard and getting the same results, then all things being equal, more diversity \> than less diversity, generally speaking. I think you would have to describe this method more specifically, because right now you might as well be talking about a fire breathing unicorn. No but neither did whites. How is this minority group outperforming everyone, including whites in this deeply racist country? Are the r…

Scientific racism at its finest.

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