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4. "An analysis" seldom beats "we asked."
Fri Sep 6, 2019, 05:37 PM
Sep 2019

Which is the problem. Analyses tend to be informed by how the assumptions and biases of the analyst interact with data. They also often suffer from the selection of data--which reflects the assumptions and biases of the analyst. A double-whammy.

Too many engage in the diverse version of mansplaining or whitesplaining, and do so with no awareness that what leads to mansplaining and whitemansplaining being so (a) offensive and (b) wrong is the simple fact that if you don't share the values system and background you simply are imposing some kind of "skin" on the other person.

(I'd note that "offensive" and "wrong" are categorically distinct, and increasing "it's wrong because it's offensive" is unsupported by actual data: Very often what's offensive is dead-on accurate, while "wrong" is in no way offensive. More often it's becoming "it's offensive because I perceive it to be wrong" or, worse yet, "It's wrong because I perceive it to be offensive.&quot

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