A headline for Saturday's talk:
Do Politicians Discriminate Against Constituents?
A Yale study looked at how race affects the responsive of state legislators in requests for help with registering to vote.
"Their idea was simple and elegant," Ezra Klein notes. "They posed as a voter and e-mailed thousands of state legislators asking for help registering. Actually, I guess I should say they posed as two different voters. One fake voter, 'DeShawn Jackson,' had a black name, and the other, 'Jake Mueller,' had a white name."
Requests to white legislators from the black voter received fewer replies, even when controlling for partisanship. Minority lawmakers did the opposite and responded more frequently.
Link to the study report: http://butler.research.yale.edu/papers/AJPS_Discriminate.pdf
Have a conflict Saturday. Look forward to a good talk next week.
Changes_Changes
.......Okay Family, this is a 35 page report and its extremely interesting.
Bros. Clyde and Changes_Changes,
I reviewed the report given, though I admit not thouroughly. At first read, I agree that this is an interesting topic and great segway from our initial topic as they have a common tie. However, it is my recommendation that we table this topic until Bro. Changes_Changes is in attendance to ensure that all points are discussed and agreed upon. Moreover, it wouldn't do this topic justice to spur a discussion without his attendance, as I'm sure he has had more time to review the content and form a solid case.
Bro. Clyde, we may want to explore a timeline to recieve agenda items to allow the group ample time to research the topic which would provide for a more thorough discussion.
Respectfully,
Proverbs31Woman