17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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.
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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. [remainder snipped]