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Pete Plassmann (plassmann@erols.com) wrote:


> Michael Malak wrote:

> > In article <382FD79A.953F3419@clark.net>,
> >   klaatu@clark.net wrote:
> > > Michael Malak wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The cold fact is that a lot of white men and asian women pair up,
> > >
> > > Where exactly do you get this idea?
> >
> > The 1990 Census, see:
> >
> >     Sailer, Steve; "Sex & Race: Is Love Colorblind?"; National
> >     Review; July 14, 1997
> >     http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/AWARE/archives/sailor.html
> >
> >     "In the 1990 Census, 72 per cent of black - white couples
> >      consisted of a black husband and a white wife. In contrast,
> >      white - Asian pairs showed the reverse: 72 percent consisted
> >      of a white husband and an Asian wife.

> Hmm, I guess I beat those odds.  I'm of Japanes descent and my wife is pure
> Irish.

Careful about what you read.  The quote only mentions that of the
asian-white pairings, 72 percent of them are white male, asian female.  
It makes no mention of the quantity (in terms of all relationships) of
pairs. It may be that there were only 25 asian-white pairs out of millions
of total pairings, which is statistically insignificant.  Then, of those
asian white pairings (which are statistically insignificant) 18 of them
were white male, asian female.  Unless there are more statistics quoted.  
That is why I hate statistics.  Very few people interpret them correctly
The above does NOT say "how a lot of white men and asian women pair up".
It does say that of the asian white pairings, 72 percent are white male,
asian female.

oddly interesting article...  Shame, too..

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Jon

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