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> Showing crime statistics isn't enough. You need to show that given all the details about a person being the same, a Black person is more likely to act violent
by philwelch 4y ago
> Showing crime statistics isn't enough. You need to show that given all the details about a person being the same, a Black person is more likely to act violently than an identical white person. You basically need to correct for all the societal reasons that result in people committing violent crime.
I think you're conflating the questions of "which demographic group engages in higher rates of violence" and towards the question of "why do different demographic groups engage in different rates of violence".
- slg 4y agoThey are the same question when someone implies that the membership of the demographic group is the "why".