By Samuel L. Myers, Jr. (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Policy analysts talk of what William Dunn calls "The Error of the Third Type." Unlike Type I and Type II errors, well known to students of statistics, errors of the third type refer not to rejecting or accepting null hypotheses when they are true or false. These errors refer to finding the right … [Read more...] about “The Error of the Third Type” Samuel L. Myers, Jr. (January-February 1995 P&R Issue)
Symposium Responses
“American Indian Reparations” by Ronald L. Trosper (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
By Ronald L. Trosper (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The experience of American Indians in obtaining reparations from the federal government should interest those who seek similar actions with respect to Black Americans. American Indians have received three types of reparations: (1) cash payments, through the operation of the Indian Claims Commission and the … [Read more...] about “American Indian Reparations” by Ronald L. Trosper (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter?
Last fall, the House Subcommittee on Census, Statistics and Postal Personnel, chaired by Rep. Thomas Sawyer (D-OH), held a series of hearings on modification of the existing racial categories used by the Census and on the larger question of whether it is proper for the government to classify people according to arbitrary distinctions of skin color and ancestry. The issue is of … [Read more...] about Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter?
“Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
By Kalonji Olusegun (Click here to view the entire issue) Both Chester Hartman's interview with Richard America and Howard Winant's "A Friendly Dissent" lack the essence of the demand for reparations as seen by the grassroots Africans, 88% of whom, during a recent survey circulated by NCOBRA, indicated they believed that the United States should pay lack people reparations … [Read more...] about “Atonement and Self-Determination” by Kalonji Olusegun (September-October 1994 P&R Issue)
“H.R. 40 Misses the Point” by Sharon Parker (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
By Sharon Parker (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Racism is embedded in the dominant American culture so deeply, we (some of us) fail to see it. Most important, we fail to see that it continues to affect all of us: every person, male or female; every immigrant, every refugee; every race, every age group; and every religious, social, legal, artistic, business, … [Read more...] about “H.R. 40 Misses the Point” by Sharon Parker (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)
