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> the whole concept of “bad neighborhoods” where people aren’t trustworthy is partly a racist trope The concept of a "bad neighborhood" comes from crime stati

• controlweather 7y ago
  You’re as dumb as god made you it seems. Some places have bad neighborhoods that are super white trash and have nothing to do with your self induced racist battle fantasies.
• onion2k 7y ago
  The level of crime in an area correlates far more closely to poverty than race, so suggesting a bad neighbourhood is bad because of the race of people who live there rather than other factors probably is racist.
  • MrScruff 7y ago
    True but the first poster to mention race was the one bringing up the issue of racism.
  • Noumenon72 7y ago
    Given the extremely high correlation of crime to race, that seems unlikely. https://www.quora.com/Are-crime-rates-correlated-with-ethnicity-or-poverty/answers/86844434 https://www.quora.com/Are-crime-rates-correlated-with-ethnic...
    • inferiorhuman 7y ago
      Given the extremely high correlation of crime to race, that seems unlikely. Ouch man, you're not even going to try to dog whistle? From your link: As of 2003 West Virginia Blacks accounted for just 3.2% of the total population and 34.9% of the total prison population. Simply translated: White areas are safer areas. That is an irrefutable fact. The poverty argument, or excuse more accurately, can be torn to shreds time-after-time. There are so many conclusions being jumped to there that you've probably worn the mat out already. All of that racist bullshit completely ignores the disparities in enforcement, prosecution, and sentencing. As an added bonus it completely misinterprets how the FBI categories race. But hey, maybe you can get a good deal on a dog whistle for Prime Day.
      • IvanDraga 7y ago
        Denial is strong in this one.
• dogecoinbase 7y ago
  Systemic racism -> poverty -> crime. It's not complicated -- your facts are racist because they're facts about a racist system.