# New York Times hires unapologetic racist writer **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 4, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086 "2018-08-04T10:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 705
**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086/705 "2018-08-30T05:19:15Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Or cling to some pretzel logic that insists that special ed funding can’t be counted as part of overall funding for educating black kids? :dubious: Didn’t I show mathematically that you were wrong about that? That black children receive less funding than white children even taking into account special ed spending? Oh right, your fragile little “intellect” can’t handle acknowledging error, so you’re incapable of learning. Also, I like how you call other people pathetic. You must not have any mirrors in your house. P.s. For anyone who cares, here’s the post where I showed SlackerInc he was wrong: > [@Interesting podcast conversation between Sam Harris and Charles Murray (of "Bell Curve" fame)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-podcast-conversation-between-sam-harris-and-charles-murray-of-bell-curve-fame/785052/1476): > > While \*\*SlackerInc \*\*contemplates having to admit he was wrong again, I’ll write this post: > > So, \*\*SlackerInc \*\*spends a lot of time “thinking” about federal spending on black students, and apparently no time at all actually trying to actually understand it. So, since I’m bored waiting for someone, and since I’m much smarter than **SlackerInc** , I’ll just go ahead and solve his problem for him. Turns out it wasn’t very difficult. > > First, a few facts: > > **Overall** > There are about 50,485,000 total K-12 students > Black students are 15.6% of the K-12 student population, or about 7,848,000 students total > > **Title I** > Title I supports about 14,900,000 students in total, approximately 27% of whom are black > Total Title I federal spending is 13,167,192,000, or about $884 per child > > **Special Education** > Federal Special Education Programs support 6,612,752 students, 1,308,328 (or about 19.78%) of whom are black. > Total federal spending on special education programs is 10,821,981,000, or about $1,637 per student > > **Other** > The rest of federal spending on K-12 students is nutrition programs and misc small amounts, so we don’t need to allocate it > > **State and Local** > One final fact: on a state and local level, black students receive on average $334 less than white students. Multiplying $334 by the total number of black students tells us that black students are underfunded by 2,621,232,000. > > **The problem** > So, a $2.6 billion deficit is a lot of money. The question \*\*SlackerInc \*\*has been impotently wrestling with is: is federal spending on black students sufficient to offset the shortfall in state and local funding. > > Well, given the facts above, it’s not a difficult question. > > First, the “excess” spending on special education for black students: (19.78% - 15.6%)_7,848,000_1,637 = 544,527,734 > > Second, the “excess” spending on Title I for black students: (27% - 15.6%)_7,848,000_884 = 794,425,125 > > And now we can conclude: > > Shortfall of 2.6 billion less excess special education funding of 0.5 billion les “excess” Title I funding of 0.8 billion = overall shortfall of 1.3 billion > > So, **SlackerInc** , I did the work that you were unable to do, and concluded that, as expected, black children receive less education funding than white children, even after taking federal spending into account. > > You’re welcome --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-york-times-hires-unapologetic-racist-writer/819086)._