“Math is hard!” — Barbie

You’ve probably heard that women are constantly primed to do bad at math because people constantly tell them that women are bad at math. This is called #StereotypeThreat. But did you know that white men can be primed the same way? A study from 1999 pdf found that Stanford white men who were told about a widening gap in scores between white and Asian students did worse on a test than a control group.

nostr:npub1shxphxjg80z45lelhunkgtm3aykw45ttwd05jrhmyjefekdxdmyqfcmkqp It was singular because there were no comparable options at the time. Now that there are more than a handful of options, journalists and media organizations have options paralysis. But it’s early. Mastodon will chug along quietly, slowly picking up journalists here and there until suddenly it is the obvious choice. Everyone one else will experience what Threads is going through right now. My timeline is now practically at Twitter levels, but without the trolls.