[SR28424]

The SAT is mainly a science test? Really? The one I took was divided into two secions. One was Verbal and the other was Math. My linguistics professor told us that the verbal part of standardized tests could be considered biased because it tests only on standard American English. Standard American English is not spoken in many minority households. I don't think the tests are "set up for whites to score higher on." I would guess that if whites score higher on the verbal part of those tests, it would be because whites generally have more educational opportunities than minorities (read: money to fund school districts and parents who were able to afford to finish secondary school and get a university degree). In addition, non-whites are more likely to grow up in a household where standard American English isn't used.

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Name : SR28424, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 21, City : Austin, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, 

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