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It seems you are suggesting it's possible for killings to be driven by racism, but for the skew of killings not to be driven by racism. It's a very fine distin
by perl4ever 6y ago
It seems you are suggesting it's possible for killings to be driven by racism, but for the skew of killings not to be driven by racism.
It's a very fine distinction, which I am not interested in validating or invalidating, but I'm thinking it's not relevant to why Pinker's tweet was ill-received when he wrote: "Data: Police don't shoot blacks disproportionately." and "Problem: Not race...". He just wasn't that finely tuned.
- wutbrodo 6y ago> It seems you are suggesting it's possible for killings to be driven by racism, but for the skew of killings not to be driven by racism. Well more precisely, I'm happy to accept that population-disproportionate killings of black men are due to racism, but understanding the facts is important to understanding how that racism manifests. Ie, if it matches the arrest rate and/or the violent crime rate, we're facing a much broader racial justice problem than simply throwing an IAT at every cop in the country. I don't understand why Pinker's tweet wouldn't be interpreted in that light.