Race norming doesn't just affect sports.
SCOTUS says it's unconstitutional to execute someone who is intellectually disabled. Prosecutors argue Black people score lower on IQ tests because they are biased, so they INFLATE their scores, making them eligible for the death penalty.
SCOTUS says it's unconstitutional to execute someone who is intellectually disabled. Prosecutors argue Black people score lower on IQ tests because they are biased, so they INFLATE their scores, making them eligible for the death penalty.
The courts use a threshold of 70 to decide whether someone is intellectually disabled. A Black person who scores just under 70, will have their score artificially inflated - in what's called an "ethnic adjustment. nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opi…
A White person who scores just under 70 will not have their score adjusted. So they will be ruled intellectually disabled.
The end result is that more Black people are executed. deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/is-racial…
The end result is that more Black people are executed. deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/is-racial…
The outrageous thing about this is that courts never adjust IQ tests in a way that advantages Black people.
They adjust them to say Black people are smarter so that they can be executed.
They adjust them to say Black people are smarter so that they can be executed.
They adjust them to say Black people are less intelligent, so they experience less cognitive decline from playing football, so they are not eligible for as much compensation as White players. apnews.com/article/pa-sta…
Some states like California have moved to ban the use of "ethnic adjustments" in death penalty cases, but major associations of district attorneys have fought hard to maintain the practice.
There are scores of people who have been executed because they were borderline intellectually disabled, based on the application of ethnic adjustments.
It's the perfect illustration of systemic racism.
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