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Wikipedia has become such a cesspool of fake data that I find this hard to believe. > Black men and women are imprisoned at higher rates compared to all other

by tomp 5y ago

Wikipedia has become such a cesspool of fake data that I find this hard to believe. > Black men and women are imprisoned at higher rates compared to all other age groups According to [1], the rate for white men is far above the rate for black women. So this is probably a lie. Also since when are black, men and/or women "age groups"?! If you can't tell race and sex from age, how can I trust your statistics? [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate-of-sentenced-prisoners-in-the-us-by-sex-and-ethnicity/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate...

guerrilla 5y ago
Your data [1] shows that the number of black males imprisoned per 100,000 residents is 2,203 and it shows that the number of white males imprisoned per 100,000 residents is 385. The former is greater than the latter, in accordance with the quote. For more data, we can also look at just the Federal Bureau of Prisons [2] and we see that 38.2% of inmates are black while 57.8% of inmates are white despite the fact that only 16.1% of the US population is black while 75.7% of the US population is white. As far as your comment on age groups, you're just going to have to re-read it until you understand what it's saying. 1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate-of-sentenced-prisoners-in-the-us-by-sex-and-ethnicity/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate... 2. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race....
- username90 5y ago
  You are arguing a different point, the post said that black men and black women are the most imprisoned groups. Black men are more imprisoned than white men, yes, but white men are more imprisoned than black women. Womens issues and black issues are completely different, don't just mix them up randomly like this.
  - guerrilla 5y ago
    > Black men and women are imprisoned at higher rates compared to all other age groups Aha, then they're just misreading that sentence then. It obviously means black men and black women as a whole are imprisoned at higher rates.
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by tomp 5y ago

guerrilla 5y ago

Your data [1] shows that the number of black males imprisoned per 100,000 residents is 2,203 and it shows that the number of white males imprisoned per 100,000 residents is 385. The former is greater than the latter, in accordance with the quote. For more data, we can also look at just the Federal Bureau of Prisons [2] and we see that 38.2% of inmates are black while 57.8% of inmates are white despite the fact that only 16.1% of the US population is black while 75.7% of the US population is white. As far as your comment on age groups, you're just going to have to re-read it until you understand what it's saying. 1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate-of-sentenced-prisoners-in-the-us-by-sex-and-ethnicity/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/252871/imprisonment-rate... 2. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race....

username90 5y ago
You are arguing a different point, the post said that black men and black women are the most imprisoned groups. Black men are more imprisoned than white men, yes, but white men are more imprisoned than black women. Womens issues and black issues are completely different, don't just mix them up randomly like this.
- guerrilla 5y ago
  > Black men and women are imprisoned at higher rates compared to all other age groups Aha, then they're just misreading that sentence then. It obviously means black men and black women as a whole are imprisoned at higher rates.
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