My null hypothesis is that everyone wants to keep donations in their community. Being impartial with regard to time and place and species etc. requires some extra thought or will or persuasion for all of us. I think this is hard for anyone and I am not sure why this would be harder for POC than anyone else. You state it’s plausible for the most privileged to find this easier, which I agree is plausible, but I think you could also make the case that the opposite is plausible.
“Someone who has known discrimination, who has known what it feels like to be disadvantaged and voiceless, will more keenly be able to observe and sympathize with others who are voiceless.” or some such.
You’re suggesting that they feel a “special obligation” so it seems from my perspective that the burden of evidence would rest with you. You stated you don’t have any studies, just conversations. That’s fine, I just don’t find it very convincing so I think the null stands until more evidence comes forth. Cheers.
I also don’t think the prior should be ‘people of all ethnicities feel the exact same set of charitable obligations’ - that seems like a similarly strong claim.
Still, in the absence of any good data to back up my claim or yours, I think it’s appropriate to be very uncertain about any hypothesis we might have about why people do or don’t give.
Hi John,
My null hypothesis is that everyone wants to keep donations in their community. Being impartial with regard to time and place and species etc. requires some extra thought or will or persuasion for all of us. I think this is hard for anyone and I am not sure why this would be harder for POC than anyone else. You state it’s plausible for the most privileged to find this easier, which I agree is plausible, but I think you could also make the case that the opposite is plausible.
“Someone who has known discrimination, who has known what it feels like to be disadvantaged and voiceless, will more keenly be able to observe and sympathize with others who are voiceless.” or some such.
You’re suggesting that they feel a “special obligation” so it seems from my perspective that the burden of evidence would rest with you. You stated you don’t have any studies, just conversations. That’s fine, I just don’t find it very convincing so I think the null stands until more evidence comes forth. Cheers.
I also don’t think the prior should be ‘people of all ethnicities feel the exact same set of charitable obligations’ - that seems like a similarly strong claim.
Still, in the absence of any good data to back up my claim or yours, I think it’s appropriate to be very uncertain about any hypothesis we might have about why people do or don’t give.
Thanks for improving my thinking on this.