Sent emails to 52,792 public K-12 principals in 33 U.S. states (13,200 x 4)��Emails came from fictitious parents:�White, Chinese, Black, Hispanic��Randomly assigned – and only one email sent to each principal��Gender of child randomized
Gaddis, Crabtree, Holbein, Pfaff - 2024
STUDENTS��Molly or Connor Erickson�Shanice or DeShawn Washington�Ying or Wei Wang�Isabella or Diego Vazquez
PARENTS��The parents who signed the letters were fathers ��Jake, Tyrone, Fong, José
Are principals more/less likely to respond to families of different racial and ethnic ancestries?��Not responding = disregard��Disregard = form of discrimination
Are principals more/less likely to respond to families of different �racial and ethnic ancestries?��Not responding = disregarding��Disregarding = way of “discriminating”
Which of the families
received the most and the fewest responses?��White, Chinese, Black, Hispanic
Chinese American families received fewest responses from school principals
Hispanic American families received the second fewest responses from school principals
Principals of different
genders and race and
ethnic backgrounds “discriminate” equally
Black families only faced some discrimination when
the schools had high
resource needs��Otherwise, they were treated equal to White families
White parents received 22% MORE responses than Chinese families and 6% MORE than Hispanic families��White job applicants receive 30% MORE responses to job applications and 18% MORE responses to rental housing applications
White parents received 22% MORE responses than Chinese families and 6% MORE than Hispanic families���White job applicants receive MORE responses to job applications and MORE responses to rental housing applications
X from X asked on the YouTube Live Stream Chat:
“This is my question…”
Vibetornadogameplay from KC Metro asks: how do students use world in conversation outside class? and how do you think world in conversation has changed yourself or your peers minds?
jg997 from Texas asks: At what point is discrimination a good thing?
Stephen from the UK asks: Do you think that putting cv's in should have a photo and full name or not which do you think would potentially cause a discriminating decision by managers?
Joe Stevens from the West Coast (US) asks: doesn't it make more sense to say: If a teacher is responding to more parents who are white because they are white, there is something going on? brown, asian etc...
KarmaticExperience from South Carolina asks: didnt they statistically prove native Americans face more racism even though we dont teach it?
someguy2016 asks: were the emails 25% each race? were the principals? did we see the response rate broken down by races of principles?
Axel from Germany asks: Did the principal think the Asian approach to learning would make his job easier or his school would have had better results?
Stephen from the UK adds: I am surprised that asian is most rejected, in the UK they would be a high percentage of accepted because statistically in the UK they boost schools results in league tables
Justorokkit from INSERT asks: What are the socioeconomic/cultural implications of any member of these cultural groups using email to contact an administrator?
TamaraNugent229 asks: I am curious why do all ancestry ethnicities are named for Asian, Latin, & African-American are declared but White Americans are not European or Anglo-American.
Alexcoleman8623 asks: This something my kids’ school district is discussing…they want to offer standardized test in languages other than English. Thoughts?
crashwg asks: Does anyone have thoughts on all the recipients of the emails responding appropriately equally? The narrative is that white people are the main source of discrimination.