Are Existing Civil Rights Policies Based on a Statistical Understanding That Is the Opposite of Reality?

Summary: For decades, the DOJ’s civil rights enforcement policies regarding lending, school discipline, and criminal justice have been premised on the belief that relaxing standards and otherwise reducing the frequency of adverse outcomes will reduce percentage racial differences in rates of experiencing those outcomes. Exactly the opposite is the case. Generally reducing any adverse outcome tends to increase, not decrease, percentage racial differences in rates of experiencing those outcomes. This Teleforum discussed whether the Sessions DOJ will be able to understand the statistical issues and, if so, how such understanding should affect civil rights enforcement policies. Click here to access materials referenced in this Podcast. Click here for Jim's website. -- Featuring: James P. Scanlan, Attorney at Law and Moderator: Roger B. Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity.