The Donald Trump Thread

[Lawlight]

Errorist76 said:

Lawlight said:

I forgot which outlet wrote an article about it but there was a thread on here about it. Misinformation is used by all politicians - like Obama using the wage gap myth to gain followers.

 

Wage gap myth?! Between blacks (or other ethnic groups) and whites (fact) or men and women (fact)?!

https://www.frbsf.org/economic-research/publications/economic-letter/2017/september/disappointing-facts-about-black-white-wage-gap/

Men and women.

That source that you posted is similar. It's fine to get outraged about it until you look at the context - Figure 2 shows that choice of occupation and the industry itself makes a big difference in the wage gap. There is also education (we know people of colour, other than Asians, get easier entry into university). I wish we could have a like for like comparison to know for sure.

I'm sure there is a wage gap between men and women but don't use the 79 cents on the dollar myth.