LETTER: Predicting the proxy
Disadvantage is not only expressed in the extreme
12 November 2019 - 16:51
There are so many ironies in the letter from Marius Roodt (“Tackling all disadvantage (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2019-11-10-letter-disadvantage-and-race/)”, November 11). While he says race can be a “predictor” of disadvantage, it cannot be a proxy. So race can be perceived as an explainer or forecaster for disadvantage, but it cannot symbolise it?
Disadvantage is not only expressed in the extreme, such as a school dropout living in a squatter camp, as Roodt wants us to believe...
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