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Mean Height of 19yo Males in Select Countries, 1985-2019 (i.redd.it)

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[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In order to know that we would have to break down something like the India section into different castes, and see if there's a height difference within the group overall group that correlates with the subgroups.

But I get where you're coming from. When I saw this was in data is beautiful my instinct was a little bit of a shiver because it felt like this data is informative but data might be a little bit racist.

And I say that as a 188.8 cm tall person born way outside the selection period. This needs some Southern African indigenous people representation.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago

Data can never be racist.
The decisions which data to collect, how to interpret it and how to act on it can all be racist.
But data is just numbers.