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The problem that I have with Our World in Data is the how the counting is so biased AF As an example https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2015/white/inde
by charlescearl 7y ago
The problem that I have with Our World in Data is the how the counting is so biased AF
As an example
https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2015/white/index https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2015/white/index
VS
https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2015/black/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/lcod/men/2015/black/index.h...
That is, if you are a Black Male in the US between 15 and 35, yes homicide is how you are more likely to go. And that news becomes very important to Black mothers, fathers, grandparents. The real — as in US government stats — on infant and maternal mortality are also worse than many Caribbean countries.
My takeaway is that there are different “world”s within countries — especially for marginalized groups where the country doesn’t have the will or resources for a safety net.