You also have to contend with the multi-million dollar businesses around the SATs. Too many people are making money off it for any incentive to change.
Same thing goes for the LSAT. The organization that facilitates the exam makes lots of money administering the test , for $200, it charges $50 per school to send your transcripts (mandatory THEY send them, not YOU), in addition to all your other documents that could easily submit on your own. Then there are tons of LSAT prep courses that you WILL NEED to take to score well on the exam. If they got rid of this test, many people would lose money, millions. So there’s really no incentive to eliminate it except for those entities that realize that these tests are are utilized for profit and to exclude minorities who cannot afford to compete.
I don't know if Amber reads any of these comments, but I just really hope she knows that she is loved and cherished by so many who appreciate her bravery and strength to always speak truth to power ✊
Amber's voice is "a closer look". When do we give Jimmy the boot move up Seth and Give Amber the network slot she deserves? Or better yet just boot Jimmy leave Seth where he is and have Amber the new host of the Tonight Show but keep Tarik and The Roots.
No no no. Leave a hack like jimmy to the tonight show. That show is poison for creativity. Cut the tonight show to 30 minutes of games with celebs and then start seth earlier. Cut his show to 30 and we have a nice 2 hour chunk of amber to enjoy.
I used to live in Guam on The SAT there was a question that referenced a mantle But Guam is a tropical island no one has a fireplace. In that way the test was bias
I’m opposed to the test, but mantle is something you can learn from a book or a TV show. I had a wood burning stove in a trailer in Montana. I still knew what a mantle was.
I remember taking one of the state exams in my city and a classmate called over the teacher to ask what a “porch” was. Being in a city, I could see why he wouldn’t know that, since it’s all apartment buildings and town houses/duplexes. Even regular, stand alone houses here don’t usually have porches.
This was excellent. Standardized tests have held a lot of people back. I'm old enough to remember people discussing the pitfalls of standardized tests in the 70's. It's amazing that all this time later, we still allow this.
Asians do better on them then white people yet because white people made them aren't they suppose to be worse according to her logic but then again her logic is 2+2=racist
Differential psychology was by Galton. Differential diagnosis is when you decide if a symptom is from one diagnosis or another. But you're right on. Psychology took a long time to start weeding out all the sexism and racism from its early theories, definitely.
Makes the 1040 I got on the SAT seem like an even greater achievement when you realize the underlying effort to exclude from success and progress that test still gives me nightmares and I’m extra grown
Or it just means that you are smart, and did well on the test. I wonder why white people would make a test that east Indians and Asians statistically do better on every single time.
That's why I never took the SAT or ACT. I still went to college, got my undergrad, my masters and I'm applying for doctorate programs now. I bypassed the SAT/ACT, by going to a community college (which required their own entrance exam and not the ACT/SAT)first and started from there.
Wow way back in the Early 2000 and 2001 I took the SAT for entry into Coĺlege and University out there. Sadly I never got a placement in any school of my choice or dream.
Do you remember how you did on the entrance test. I'm studying for a stem field degree, so I know I have to take more math in the entrance. It's probably been awhile and don't remember, I just wanted to know if you had to take any remedial classes?
Also, poor people can't afford to take them, because yes, you do have to pay to take the SAT, which is why I didn't take it. In my day (1994), it was $40. Even in today's money, you can buy a lot for $40, if you know how to shop. So, not wasting it on a test so I can get accepted into a school I can't pay for. There should be standardized test, tho. But first there needs to be a Nat'l education standard, and the tests should reflect how well the teachers are doing their jobs. But don't let the teachers know what specific questions are on those tests before the students take them, so they can't just give away the answers before the test.
A smart person, who is poor, would therefore know that attending Community College first, then transferring would benefit him financially and allow him to skip the SAT. If he can't afford the SAT, it's unlikely he can afford Harvard.
I grew up in fostercare and i was the poorest sat fees can be waived based on income, so can your graduation fee, gown and cap and pretty much anything, the cost of field trips, lunch ect ect. you guys really do love to live in the i hate white people world.
One of my businesses is in tutoring and test prep. I actually stopped doing it for a few years just because of those same truths (and others) that Amber mentioned.. Parents still buy into the hype because most colleges do. When we offer test prep now, I make sure to talk to the students about goals, habits and mindset. You know, things that actually will move their life forward regardless of school or otherwise.
Yeah I did SAT tutoring for one semester and stopped, I was not happy with teaching children shortcuts and strategies rather than helping them to improve their critical thinking skills.
@@Akilahfoye I get it. What made me return to doing it was a young lady who I began tutoring in eighth grade and who is now a senior. She went through another prep class and her scores didn't go up. I'm somewhat of a mentor to her now. After hearing her cry and go on about how not getting into the right school was going to ruin her life, etc, I realized that if I truly wanted to help her, that might also include being empathetic towards what she "believed" was real. That said, I just started back recently because so many parents and students still believe in the myth. I actually can help them increase scores but I also know that it's almost irrelevant in the big picture for the vast majority of students. Stay safe out there.
So now entry is left up to opinion of the staff, rather than an actual score. When a student is discriminated against, it's now more difficult to prove, Ashe can't compare his test to others and cite a definitive pattern.
This segment reminds me of the need to research every contemporary phenomenon. That is, I’ve got to resume exploring the history of things so that I’ve got a keener sense of how and why we got to this point on any issue.
Here in China we have a very serious national college entrance exam - it dates back thousands of years to the civil service exam to work at the emperor's court. I always though the SAT was deeply flawed. But getting rid of testing altogether is problematic.
Tests aren't the problem, wt supemacists rigged tests are the problem. The information on these US tests are very subjective, geared towards wt supemacists ideology. If the tests were like they are in Europe with. essay writing in Philosophy asking questions to reveal how your mind processes information, then testing would be more balanced. Mathematics is neutral but history and other topics can be subjective and biased
@@lf1496 I am from the Caribbean and we have standardized tests at class 3, 5, 6 in primary school. We test ONE subject for a full day and test four subjects - Mathematics, English (prose writing, reading comprehension), Social Studies and Science (some Biology, Chemistry, Physics). Morning is writing/calculations portion and afternoon is multiple choice. And you hand in your answers when you are done, flexible time limit.
Why use standardized tests? Positive: One standard to judge everyone. Negative: Exclusion and Bias. --Positive's Problem: What's the point? After judging everyone, what do we do with the people on that scale? She brings up a great point. Why not use a standardized test to find the most appropriate accomodations, rather than trying to exclude people?
I want the smartest people in society to become doctors, and the dumbest to become garbage men, (because the reverse is a dramatically shorter life expectancy for all of us!) We don’t have that now, but in theory there is a point to “taking the measurement.”
Asians do better on them then white people yet because white people made them aren't they suppose to be worse according to her logic but then again her logic is 2+2=racist
I agree. The SAT only tests your families’ ability to afford test prep courses. I remember how students’ scores went up by a few hundred points or more just by talking those classes. It was comical. And no, the high scoring students did not do better in college because of their score. They did better because of the better education they got from their middle to upper middle class parents.
Iv gone to two different collages and I have never taken the SATs, so what's even the point? Weather they do what they are supposed to or not, it seems like its one more useless financial barrier for admittance.
I always said this test was weird and made no sense. I never studied for it and couldn’t even tell my score to people because they treated it like an IQ test (I got about 400-500). I didn’t see the point of taking something like that on top of, I believe, the ACT, your regular GPA, and admissions essays.
SETS are only designed for one type of brain, despite the fact that there're many different brain types. I never took mine and found a loophole into college without them.
SATs seem like such an idiotic idea, you go to school get grades and are graded on those, the SATs make grading before that null and void or grades before the SATs make them null and void, pick one.
2:05 And people need to seriously consider the fact that Sir Mix-A-Lot could tell no untruths. He also points out how his breather wholeheartedly agreed with his perspective. …I could go on, but I’m not going to.🧐 🤣
That’s why Asians and Indians get the highest scores b/c of racism?Or intelligence? Who gets the lowest? b/c of racism or ignorance? Obviously not all. Those cultures with the higher scores emphasize academic achievement.
Not only is Amber the Best Host - she has the best audience! I was really worried when they let people back in, but Amber has such a great rapport with her audience it's ridiculous. (Seth should be allowed to just bounce off his crew though, that is a golden combo for him)
If you eliminate standardized tests, then colleges will have to go on school quality/reputation, and that, too, is racially biased. If you want to get rid of the test, and who'd blame you, what do you replace them with to create what you believe is the optimal outcome?
@@Kentrc11 GPA inflation is already a problem and a grade from one school is not equivalent to another. How would income work? Do the children of the rich deserve less of a chance to go to college?
Kinda harkens to why don't most spell checker dictionaries still don't have very common "foriegn language" words like rio, or nacht unless it's part of a commercial product or proper name. The old excuse used to be that computers didn't have the power or memory capacity for all those foriegn languages. That "fact" is now about 30 years out of date. It's sheer corporate greed, racism and nationalism that keeps driving this anachronistic paradigm - very much like the SATs, wouldn't you say?
I’ve also thought this about legacy admissions where they give more acceptance or recognition to kids who have had family members or siblings go to that college. I’m looking directly at u Texas a&m and ut
Standardized tests are pointless. They usually have nothing to do with the classes you’re taking in high school or will take in college. Your grades are supposed to determine how well you do in a subject; so why the redundancy?
AMBER! Where do all the amazing bows come from?! Do you make them? Buy them (where)? Do you have crafty little elves that create them whilst you sleep?
This is request to the show: Can you guys give citations for your sources? Only because I want to read more on this and other topics you guys have covered.
If they do provide citations it would likely be at the end once the credit start to roll. I would suggest starting with a search of the origins of the SAT and see where that leads you.
I am a white psychologist and prof. Her analysis of standardized testing is BRILLIANT.... Just like historic ¨intelligence¨ testing...very white centric...
Sooo.. question.. can we boycott the SATs? Can we get our children to boycott it? If so, can we or should we have something else in place to determine eligibility of college enrollment.. to be honest i dont think that should be a factor at all because most have to decide if college is an option anyway based on financial reasons
@@annaliyawade there were no specific examples of questions that were racially biased. just an analogy. not saying her claim is invalid, but people of all races score badly on the SATS and a claim like this would be better supported with actual examples. this isn't a claim that should be viewed lightly.
This assumes systemically oppressed folks have the ability to pay for two years of college for something already curated to Eurocentric values in publicly funded schools that are of no cost to an already privileged demographic.
Amber every time I listen to you do a segment like this. With this type of genius in delivery. I start thinking of that other great comedian Dave Chappelle. Your history lesson with humor ain't nothing but tha t Truth!
I always like 'How did we get here', but I never like how we got here.
Facts
@@joejacko1587 it's not her LOGIC, it's what they are DOCUMENTED to have been created to do.
Is it cause you're white?
@@RowdyBoy82 You don't have to be white to not like how we got here.
Genius 😂🇮🇪
You also have to contend with the multi-million dollar businesses around the SATs. Too many people are making money off it for any incentive to change.
That goes for that whole scholastic testing scam. Education can't be reduced to rote responses.
Well, I mean it shouldn't.
Look at how Andrew Yang made himself rich.
Same thing goes for the LSAT. The organization that facilitates the exam makes lots of money administering the test , for $200, it charges $50 per school to send your transcripts (mandatory THEY send them, not YOU), in addition to all your other documents that could easily submit on your own. Then there are tons of LSAT prep courses that you WILL NEED to take to score well on the exam. If they got rid of this test, many people would lose money, millions. So there’s really no incentive to eliminate it except for those entities that realize that these tests are are utilized for profit and to exclude minorities who cannot afford to compete.
I don't know if Amber reads any of these comments, but I just really hope she knows that she is loved and cherished by so many who appreciate her bravery and strength to always speak truth to power ✊
Truth to Power indeed!!
Love you for posting this either way
Except for her stand on the vaccine I love 💕 Amber 😍
Nice sarcasm...i caught it
Shut up Amber ,we know its you or an Intern
Amber's voice is "a closer look". When do we give Jimmy the boot move up Seth and Give Amber the network slot she deserves? Or better yet just boot Jimmy leave Seth where he is and have Amber the new host of the Tonight Show but keep Tarik and The Roots.
No no no. Leave a hack like jimmy to the tonight show. That show is poison for creativity. Cut the tonight show to 30 minutes of games with celebs and then start seth earlier. Cut his show to 30 and we have a nice 2 hour chunk of amber to enjoy.
I literally said this a couple months ago -- just leave South where he is and Amber pops over him to take the Tonight Show. It's the perfect plan.
You're aiming too low! We need to get our girl to host Jeopardy 😁
Can you imagine the chemistry Tarik would have with the Roots? His sense of humor really seems to go along with some of theirs. Especially Malik
President Ruffin.
I used to live in Guam on The SAT there was a question that referenced a mantle But Guam is a tropical island no one has a fireplace. In that way the test was bias
And the lack of bats in the diet ;) My sis-in-law was stationed in Guam while I was Coast Guard Search & Rescue in Hawaii. Guamanians are awesome.
@@jackmanhattan1099 I'd love to retire there one day
I’m opposed to the test, but mantle is something you can learn from a book or a TV show. I had a wood burning stove in a trailer in Montana. I still knew what a mantle was.
I remember taking one of the state exams in my city and a classmate called over the teacher to ask what a “porch” was. Being in a city, I could see why he wouldn’t know that, since it’s all apartment buildings and town houses/duplexes. Even regular, stand alone houses here don’t usually have porches.
I’m in Florida and our Standardized Tests are edited so they don’t include any references to Snow, since it never snows here
I highly recommend “The Mismeasure of Man” by Stephen Gould PhD. Amber hit the ball out of the park with this segment.
Yes. Stephen Jay Gould made an impact on how I view the world. Everyone should read it. Great intellectual, great man.
In before someone suggests reading The Bell Curve...
TH-camr Shaun has a fantastic video about the LIE of a book that is The Bell Curve
Looked like a weak grounder down the first base line to me.
Recommend reading some Thomas Sowell to help lift the fog of victimhood mentality
This was excellent. Standardized tests have held a lot of people back. I'm old enough to remember people discussing the pitfalls of standardized tests in the 70's. It's amazing that all this time later, we still allow this.
Asians do better on them then white people yet because white people made them aren't they suppose to be worse according to her logic
but then again her logic is 2+2=racist
Wow! Amber is a better history teacher than I’ve ever had.
@Amanda Titus Or this is the first time you were paying attention 😎
Wow. I've got a flat earth I'd like to sell you...
Why do you think they’re crying about crt
@@jaybeeeasy Because CRT is the very definition of racism. The exact opposite of MLK's dream. And it's poisonous.
@@jackmanhattan1099 what is crt and how is it poisonous?
Psychology differential diagnosis is literally based on a discriminative method and designed by Galton, the father of eugenics.
Differential psychology was by Galton. Differential diagnosis is when you decide if a symptom is from one diagnosis or another.
But you're right on. Psychology took a long time to start weeding out all the sexism and racism from its early theories, definitely.
Makes the 1040 I got on the SAT seem like an even greater achievement when you realize the underlying effort to exclude from success and progress that test still gives me nightmares and I’m extra grown
Or it just means that you are smart, and did well on the test. I wonder why white people would make a test that east Indians and Asians statistically do better on every single time.
better than the rest of the late night shows combined... salute!!!!!
That's why I never took the SAT or ACT. I still went to college, got my undergrad, my masters and I'm applying for doctorate programs now.
I bypassed the SAT/ACT, by going to a community college (which required their own entrance exam and not the ACT/SAT)first and started from there.
Hooray for community college! I’d be nowhere without it. Best of luck on your doctorate.
Wow i didn’t know that
Wow way back in the Early 2000 and 2001 I took the SAT for entry into Coĺlege and University out there.
Sadly I never got a placement in any school of my choice or dream.
Do you remember how you did on the entrance test. I'm studying for a stem field degree, so I know I have to take more math in the entrance. It's probably been awhile and don't remember, I just wanted to know if you had to take any remedial classes?
Amber is Continuously dropping knowledge for us to pick up. 📚
LoL, dropping knowledge, how un-ironic.
She left out Asians to push a false narrative.
Also, poor people can't afford to take them, because yes, you do have to pay to take the SAT, which is why I didn't take it. In my day (1994), it was $40. Even in today's money, you can buy a lot for $40, if you know how to shop. So, not wasting it on a test so I can get accepted into a school I can't pay for. There should be standardized test, tho. But first there needs to be a Nat'l education standard, and the tests should reflect how well the teachers are doing their jobs. But don't let the teachers know what specific questions are on those tests before the students take them, so they can't just give away the answers before the test.
A smart person, who is poor, would therefore know that attending Community College first, then transferring would benefit him financially and allow him to skip the SAT.
If he can't afford the SAT, it's unlikely he can afford Harvard.
In Illinois, it is required to graduate high school. The high schools give them so students do not pay.
I grew up in fostercare and i was the poorest sat fees can be waived based on income, so can your graduation fee, gown and cap and pretty much anything, the cost of field trips, lunch ect ect. you guys really do love to live in the i hate white people world.
One of my businesses is in tutoring and test prep. I actually stopped doing it for a few years just because of those same truths (and others) that Amber mentioned..
Parents still buy into the hype because most colleges do. When we offer test prep now, I make sure to talk to the students about goals, habits and mindset. You know, things that actually will move their life forward regardless of school or otherwise.
Yeah I did SAT tutoring for one semester and stopped, I was not happy with teaching children shortcuts and strategies rather than helping them to improve their critical thinking skills.
@@Akilahfoye I get it. What made me return to doing it was a young lady who I began tutoring in eighth grade and who is now a senior. She went through another prep class and her scores didn't go up. I'm somewhat of a mentor to her now. After hearing her cry and go on about how not getting into the right school was going to ruin her life, etc, I realized that if I truly wanted to help her, that might also include being empathetic towards what she "believed" was real. That said, I just started back recently because so many parents and students still believe in the myth. I actually can help them increase scores but I also know that it's almost irrelevant in the big picture for the vast majority of students.
Stay safe out there.
My university doesn’t look at standardized test scores. Southern Illinois University. It’s amazing. 😍👍
Salukis....
A lot of them aren't any more. But... they find other ways.
Racism never ends... just evolves
So now entry is left up to opinion of the staff, rather than an actual score.
When a student is discriminated against, it's now more difficult to prove, Ashe can't compare his test to others and cite a definitive pattern.
This segment reminds me of the need to research every contemporary phenomenon. That is, I’ve got to resume exploring the history of things so that I’ve got a keener sense of how and why we got to this point on any issue.
How does she do it - every - time? This is such an important subject brought in such a sublime way 🧡
Edit: extra points for an MC Escher reference🇳🇱
Here in China we have a very serious national college entrance exam - it dates back thousands of years to the civil service exam to work at the emperor's court. I always though the SAT was deeply flawed. But getting rid of testing altogether is problematic.
Here in China? I thought YT was blocked in China.
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Tests aren't the problem, wt supemacists rigged tests are the problem. The information on these US tests are very subjective, geared towards wt supemacists ideology. If the tests were like they are in Europe with. essay writing in Philosophy asking questions to reveal how your mind processes information, then testing would be more balanced. Mathematics is neutral but history and other topics can be subjective and biased
@@lf1496 I am from the Caribbean and we have standardized tests at class 3, 5, 6 in primary school. We test ONE subject for a full day and test four subjects - Mathematics, English (prose writing, reading comprehension), Social Studies and Science (some Biology, Chemistry, Physics). Morning is writing/calculations portion and afternoon is multiple choice. And you hand in your answers when you are done, flexible time limit.
So white supremacists are busy creating a test to benefit asians above themselves? This doesn’t add up
Filling bubbles is the lazy way to test AND TO GRADE!
Why use standardized tests?
Positive: One standard to judge everyone.
Negative: Exclusion and Bias.
--Positive's Problem: What's the point? After judging everyone, what do we do with the people on that scale?
She brings up a great point. Why not use a standardized test to find the most appropriate accomodations, rather than trying to exclude people?
And give everyone education?... thats not very MURICAN of you brutherr
I want the smartest people in society to become doctors, and the dumbest to become garbage men, (because the reverse is a dramatically shorter life expectancy for all of us!) We don’t have that now, but in theory there is a point to “taking the measurement.”
Why use standardized tests on non-standardized minds. Brains develop/peak differently. This has been known and most obvious with child prodigies.
Don't never stop Amber. Thank you for taken us back to school.🤗🤗🤗
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Don't never
All part of moving the goalpost in order to keep us down.
Asians do better on them then white people yet because white people made them aren't they suppose to be worse according to her logic
but then again her logic is 2+2=racist
Or you could study for the test instead of complain.
The SATs have never predicted how well a student will perform in college. They have always been useless.
I felt that way when I took. At the time I knew nothing about SAT classes or such.
Then again, I'm Puerto Rican so yeah we know why.
I agree. The SAT only tests your families’ ability to afford test prep courses.
I remember how students’ scores went up by a few hundred points or more just by talking those classes. It was comical.
And no, the high scoring students did not do better in college because of their score. They did better because of the better education they got from their middle to upper middle class parents.
this is pretty much perfectly wrong.
Iv gone to two different collages and I have never taken the SATs, so what's even the point? Weather they do what they are supposed to or not, it seems like its one more useless financial barrier for admittance.
SATs are useful
Amber has her own show?? How am I only seeing this now? Love her, love the new show! Congrats, Amber!
You're in for a treat, enjoy.
Watch the reruns!
Welcome to the par-tay!
You're 12 months late!!
Better go watch the ones you missed
❤❤
You need to go through all of them. She's fantastic and brave!
They never taught us this part of history when i was in school
Konnichiwa from Japan and thank you Amber 🇯🇵♥️!
I guess that’s why people from Asia and India score so poorly!! 🤔
SHHHHHH. That doesn't fit the CRT narrative.
U.s education system is so jacked
I always said this test was weird and made no sense. I never studied for it and couldn’t even tell my score to people because they treated it like an IQ test (I got about 400-500). I didn’t see the point of taking something like that on top of, I believe, the ACT, your regular GPA, and admissions essays.
SETS are only designed for one type of brain, despite the fact that there're many different brain types. I never took mine and found a loophole into college without them.
Thank you. The photo of two zebras hugging allows me to go on after learning all that horrible history.
I'm a high school history teacher. And I want Amber Ruffin to be my history teacher.
You would make a great teacher amber. I love this part of your show.
Keep going amber, John Oliver will be afraid at the Emmmy’s. 👏🏽👏🏽
"Seen here right after becoming haunted..."
SATs seem like such an idiotic idea, you go to school get grades and are graded on those, the SATs make grading before that null and void or grades before the SATs make them null and void, pick one.
2:05 And people need to seriously consider the fact that Sir Mix-A-Lot could tell no untruths.
He also points out how his breather wholeheartedly agreed with his perspective.
…I could go on, but I’m not going to.🧐
🤣
That’s why Asians and Indians get the highest scores b/c of racism?Or intelligence? Who gets the lowest? b/c of racism or ignorance? Obviously not all. Those cultures with the higher scores emphasize academic achievement.
They have more globular brain, so higher IQ
Not only is Amber the Best Host - she has the best audience! I was really worried when they let people back in, but Amber has such a great rapport with her audience it's ridiculous.
(Seth should be allowed to just bounce off his crew though, that is a golden combo for him)
This is why I scored High on the SATS and ACTS. Actually "All" test...I just think...., What would a person in the Suburbs say.
If you eliminate standardized tests, then colleges will have to go on school quality/reputation, and that, too, is racially biased. If you want to get rid of the test, and who'd blame you, what do you replace them with to create what you believe is the optimal outcome?
How about an entrance exam? U can always use GPAs. They’re the best way to measure a kid’s intellectual capacity.
GPA & Family annual income would be the entrance requirements.
@@RojaJaneman So just a different standardized entrance exam?
@@Kentrc11 GPA inflation is already a problem and a grade from one school is not equivalent to another. How would income work? Do the children of the rich deserve less of a chance to go to college?
@@DeusExCanis
No. School’s own exams. Not standardized.
Also the test doesn't indicate how well you will do in college
Yes it does.
So if I show this video in school am I teaching CRT?
Kinda harkens to why don't most spell checker dictionaries still don't have very common "foriegn language" words like rio, or nacht unless it's part of a commercial product or proper name. The old excuse used to be that computers didn't have the power or memory capacity for all those foriegn languages. That "fact" is now about 30 years out of date. It's sheer corporate greed, racism and nationalism that keeps driving this anachronistic paradigm - very much like the SATs, wouldn't you say?
That’s poor reasoning. Trying to make spellcheck guess if u misspelled changed language for one word won’t work.
They have shaded the game in EVERY way possible.
A few examples would have made this so much better.
I'd love to see Lilly and Amber collaborate on a segment or better yet, a special!!!😍😍😍
Carl looks like the reason I carry pepper spray.
we don't have SATs in Canada, but if we did, you can be sure indigenous people would be filtered the same way :(
I’ve also thought this about legacy admissions where they give more acceptance or recognition to kids who have had family members or siblings go to that college. I’m looking directly at u Texas a&m and ut
My SAT score (from 1993) is lower than what George Costanza's was- at least the ones he said he would keep to himself and take to his grave.
The Sir Mix-A-Lot analogy got me! Lol
Her how did we get here needs to be taught in school.
@@TheGAMESHARQ was that necessary?
U may be on to something
I absolutely love your show. Thank you!!
Standardized tests are pointless. They usually have nothing to do with the classes you’re taking in high school or will take in college. Your grades are supposed to determine how well you do in a subject; so why the redundancy?
most of the grammar and math students have learned in 7th/8th grade. should be easy for high school students then….
I love it! The knowledge, the class, the truth.
AMBER! Where do all the amazing bows come from?! Do you make them? Buy them (where)? Do you have crafty little elves that create them whilst you sleep?
Of course Amber has elves!
I’ve learned more from you than in my own history class when I was in high school 😂
Wow! Also, why am I not surprised?
Lol, Asians saying… umm wait a minute…
Wow. Never knew this history behind the SAT...smh
~ Why didn’t you mention Asians?
The argument for Reparations.
Give us free!!!!
I see why TH-cam removed the dislikes
Amber educates us ALL❤❤❤
One more comment to nudge the algorythm. Also, Amber is great. :-)
EXACTLY!!!!! THANK YOU AMBER RUFFIN!
Hahahahahaha i cried to tears. US is collapsing because of people like this lady. No future for west world.
I don’t think she understands that math can’t be biased. This is actual BS
😅
SATs test your parents’ ability to afford test prep courses.
That how did we get here, needs to a be a whole show
You are always educating me!!
Haunting…
If I was in charge of college admissions, I would abolish standardized testing.
In lieu of what?
Um, it's "If I WERE in charge..." You're welcome, Dean of Admissions.
This is request to the show:
Can you guys give citations for your sources?
Only because I want to read more on this and other topics you guys have covered.
If they do provide citations it would likely be at the end once the credit start to roll. I would suggest starting with a search of the origins of the SAT and see where that leads you.
they give you names and years and we have this great thing called Google.
I sure hope you’ve commented this on every other show you watch…
@@kasmitty Haven't. None have subjects that I want to further look into.
I am a white psychologist and prof. Her analysis of standardized testing is BRILLIANT.... Just like historic ¨intelligence¨ testing...very white centric...
Duuuuude I loved the original _Cuna de lobos_ ❤
Why did this make me feel better that I never got the chance to take my SAT
Run for President!!!!!!!
In the elementary school system in Ontario. standardized testing is used to sell real estate in urban areas. Yuck!
Sooo.. question.. can we boycott the SATs? Can we get our children to boycott it? If so, can we or should we have something else in place to determine eligibility of college enrollment.. to be honest i dont think that should be a factor at all because most have to decide if college is an option anyway based on financial reasons
Eff you, Haunted Carl. I love How Did We Get Here!
Thanks for the enlightenment!
This segment needs to be shown in schools. Not just this one, all of them.
so how were these tests biased? she never provided an example.
Yes, she did. Watch again.
@@annaliyawade only thing she said was about sir mix a lot.
@@annaliyawade there were no specific examples of questions that were racially biased. just an analogy. not saying her claim is invalid, but people of all races score badly on the SATS and a claim like this would be better supported with actual examples. this isn't a claim that should be viewed lightly.
@@bsquared4604 I'd like to see a specific example.
So in order to clear the red line, you be determined to achieve success by an individual means?
Or somebody could do the first two years at a junior college and transfer into a four-year school and never take any kind of placement test.
If, "I missed the point," was a person.
@@teishahickman2108
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Yes... perhaps.
But for *current* highschool juniors & seniors...
it's Not a bad plan to keep in mind.
This assumes systemically oppressed folks have the ability to pay for two years of college for something already curated to Eurocentric values in publicly funded schools that are of no cost to an already privileged demographic.
Huh I passed sat and I was considered an undesirable
U must learn!!!! Thank u for that info!!!! They been playing us the whole time!!!! Smh scared folks!!!! Evil folks!!!
Best part about that test is they maky you pay for it. F that S.
Amber Blacksplaining White Privilege. ✊🏿
Amber looking dapper in daisies 😊
Amber every time I listen to you do a segment like this. With this type of genius in delivery. I start thinking of that other great comedian Dave Chappelle. Your history lesson with humor ain't nothing but tha t Truth!
Wow! Great work! My question is how did they track the race of the person taking the test?
It is probably a question asked for "statistical purposes".
I need examples of test questions
Bill has an apple, cuts it in half and gives half of it to Pam. What does Pam have?
Answer: Three different baby daddies!
WOW!!!! Amber Ruffin I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!
thats interesting, what about the ACTs?
Standardized testing is the opposite of Scholastic Achievement
Oh, I also wanted to say that I love your daisy shirt!