I tend to agree with freedomandutility here that it’s much better not to discuss such things at all. But to discuss them with empathy and rigour would be to, for example:
think about what it would make readers and EA newcomers feel
think how it would help us to make the world a better place, if at all
think whether the focus on race division is scientific (well defined and makes sense to use for this) or whether it just comes from racist wishful thinking
not treat easily measured proxies as the same thing as what we actually care about, and think why those might differ
I tend to agree with freedomandutility here that it’s much better not to discuss such things at all. But to discuss them with empathy and rigour would be to, for example:
think about what it would make readers and EA newcomers feel
think how it would help us to make the world a better place, if at all
think whether the focus on race division is scientific (well defined and makes sense to use for this) or whether it just comes from racist wishful thinking
not treat easily measured proxies as the same thing as what we actually care about, and think why those might differ