Don't those numbers need to be normalized to take into account the size of the populations? You posted absolute raw numbers for blacks and whites, without notin

Don't those numbers need to be normalized to take into account the size of the populations? You posted absolute raw numbers for blacks and whites, without noting that depending on how the categories are defined, the white population of the US is 4-6x greater than the black population of the US. 4x is the absolute minimum, so if you were to weight them proportionately what you posted would show a very different story. If the most conservative numbers are used (only 4x as many whites as blacks in the US), then it turns into this: 2017 Whites: 457 Blacks: 223->892 2018 Whites: 399 Blacks: 209->836 2019 Whites: 370 Blacks: 235->940 2020 Whites: 172 Blacks: 88->352 But practically speaking, without splitting hairs too much it's a heck of a lot closer to 5-6x than 4x. EDIT: formatting