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> For the record, here is a small sample of other communities where black people are strongly underrepresented: > Runners (3%). Bikers (6%). Furries (2%). Wall
by kauffj 8y ago
> For the record, here is a small sample of other communities where black people are strongly underrepresented:
> Runners (3%). Bikers (6%). Furries (2%). Wall Street senior management (2%). Occupy Wall Street protesters (unknown but low, one source says 1.6% but likely an underestimate). BDSM (unknown but low) Tea Party members (1%). American Buddhists (~2%). Bird watchers (4%). Environmentalists (various but universally low). Wikipedia contributors (unknown but low). Atheists (2%). Vegetarian activists (maybe 1-5%). Yoga enthusiasts (unknown but low). College baseball players (5%). Swimmers (2%). Fanfiction readers (2%). Unitarian Universalists (1%).
> Can you see what all of these groups have in common?
> No. No you can’t. If there’s some hidden factor uniting Wall Street senior management and furries, it is way beyond any of our pay grades.
> But what I noticed when I looked up those numbers was that in every case, the people involved have come up with a pat explanation that sounds perfectly plausible right up until you compare it to any other group, at which point it bursts into flame
Excerpt from Black People Less Likely: https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/11/black-people-less-likely/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/11/black-people-less-like...
- coldtea 8y agoMost of these should be a sign of pride for black people that most of them aren't... Runners, furries, Wall Street senior management, American Buddhists, Bird watchers, Environmentalists, Wikipedia contributors, Atheists, Vegetarian activists (maybe 1-5%). Yoga enthusiasts, fanfiction readers, unitarian Universalists, and so on.... Obnoxious appropriations of foreign cultures, middle class pastimes, infantilization, and virtue-signaling, the lot of them... (Imagine what Bill Hicks would have thought about each of those activities, and imagine how impressed they'd be by a class of people uninterested in such BS)
- iguy 8y agoI would bet that in almost every one of those categories, Americans of New England descent are over-represented compared to people of Christian Italian/German/Polish descent. (With the least money on the sporting ones.)
- afiori 8y agoFurries (2%).Occupy Wall Street protesters (unknown but low, one source says 1.6% but likely an underestimate). BDSM (unknown but low). Environmentalists (various but universally low). Wikipedia contributors (unknown but low). Atheists (2%). Fanfiction readers (2%). there are quite a few that don't really match...
- justtopost 8y agoWithout specifics, I have to say my experince says your numbers are invented at best.