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>In the last 5 years police in the USA have killed twice the rate of white people than black people, too. I guess if we're going to unpack that, it's also wort
by leviathant 4y ago
>In the last 5 years police in the USA have killed twice the rate of white people than black people, too.
I guess if we're going to unpack that, it's also worth noting that about 60% of the population of America is considered white and about 12% of the population in America is black, according to https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/population-and-demographics/our-changing-population https://usafacts.org/data/topics/people-society/population-a...
Across the various years reported on the link you shared 46% of people shot to death by police were white, 22% were black. While that's more dead white people than dead black people, it's also disproportionate to the population.
While you're pondering what deaths we pay attention to, consider all the ways alcohol kills people, and how preventable that is, since we're just throwing things out there.
- kfrzcode 4y agoAlcohol is another massive killer. So are tobacco products. Processed food, and all of these factors are heavier on economically challenged folk. Just saying it's not worth the outrage we've seen. Anyway we're ot.