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The colour of skin is relevant in the case of racially motivated crimes. Not recording this just leads to a society which pushes racism under the rug.
by devdas 10y ago
The colour of skin is relevant in the case of racially motivated crimes. Not recording this just leads to a society which pushes racism under the rug.
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- atemerev 10y agoThere are, of course, race-motivated crimes, as well as, say, anti-Semitism. However, if some newspaper suddenly started publishing something along the lines of "in northern Paris, there are now more than 4.8% Jewish residents, an increase of 0.3% compared to the last year", the Jews would be offended, and rightfully so (perhaps not so much in the US, but definitely in Europe). There is no need for public knowledge for racial or "country of origin" statistics. There is no need to specifically hide or distort this information, of course, but it is of interest only for law enforcers. Anybody else who asks for it usually have questionable motivations.