Godfather, great posts, but you are wasting your time trying to explain this to some people. I know you explained it in a previous thread but the same arguments kept coming up. They don't realize that Jews and Asians do generally come from higher socioeconomic areas than blacks, hispanics, and rural whites.

I tried explaining the concept to co-worker and I explained it like this: Could an upper middle class person from Manhattan pass a standardized test developed and administered by someone from an indigenous population in Brazil? No, it doesn't mean that person lacks intelligence but rather that person cannot relate to the experiences necessary to answer those questions correctly. I know that example is a bit extreme but the same does apply when dealing with lower socioeconomic standings of groups.

But again, we will continue to hear the argument that we shouldn't dumb down testing. They just do get it!