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Europe has mostly Europeans, Asia mostly Asians, Oceania (Aus & NZ) mostly Europeans. Unsurprisingly, then, if you break down the rate of homicide by firearm i

Europe has mostly Europeans, Asia mostly Asians, Oceania (Aus & NZ) mostly Europeans. Unsurprisingly, then, if you break down the rate of homicide by firearm in the US by race, you see similar statistics. ie. European/White Americans have a rate that puts them among the safer European countries; African Americans are among the highest in the world.

mslt 3y ago
Please tell me you’re not trying to say what it seems like you’re trying to say. There are few disadvantageous statistics in the us that don’t disadvantage the black community in the US, and there’s more than correlation to back up those relationships.
- Eggsellence 3y ago
  Of course I'd be flagged/banned for publicly suggesting a genetic factor behind that correlation, so I wouldn't do that. I only highlighted the correlation, and it is a very strong one, between race and rate of homicide by firearm in the US. Our own biases are going to heavily influence what we perceive to be the underlying reason behind this phenomenon.
rich_sasha 3y ago
I think it's a stretch, to out it mildly, to imply that gun violence stats are a persistent derivative of race.
- Eggsellence 3y ago
  That may be, but it's an objective fact that gun violence stats are strongly correlated with race. You are free to investigate or speculate on the underlying reasons for that. I didn't offer my perspective.
  - defrost 3y ago
    What are your theories on why the high end mass shooters are almost entirely of European descent then? The mass shooting in Vegas, in Tasmania, in Norway, in New Zealand, etc? As an objective fact (your words) extreme mass shootings are strongly correlated with race. The rest seem more correlated with economic circumstances.
    - Eggsellence 3y ago
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      - pauldenton 3y ago
        Why don't inner city gang members shooting other inner city gang members and hitting innocent people in the crosshairs not count as a mass shooting? If you look at the mass shootings of the FBI most wanted they're not 90% Columbine wannabes, they're 90% people who engage in criminal behavior and have a criminal record engaging in violence against others with criminals records and unrelated innocents becoming collateral damage
        Eggsellence 3y ago
        Because all hell would break loose if the general American public understood the magnitude of the problem of black violence and crime. It doesn't align with the interests of political or media elites to demonise blacks, while they rub their hands gleefully over the prospect of an evil White shooter. According to Wikipedia, 4 of the 6 sources for definitions of mass shootings in America specifically exclude "gang" related shootings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_... How convenient.

mslt 3y ago

Please tell me you’re not trying to say what it seems like you’re trying to say. There are few disadvantageous statistics in the us that don’t disadvantage the black community in the US, and there’s more than correlation to back up those relationships.

Eggsellence 3y ago
Of course I'd be flagged/banned for publicly suggesting a genetic factor behind that correlation, so I wouldn't do that. I only highlighted the correlation, and it is a very strong one, between race and rate of homicide by firearm in the US. Our own biases are going to heavily influence what we perceive to be the underlying reason behind this phenomenon.

rich_sasha 3y ago

I think it's a stretch, to out it mildly, to imply that gun violence stats are a persistent derivative of race.

Eggsellence 3y ago
That may be, but it's an objective fact that gun violence stats are strongly correlated with race. You are free to investigate or speculate on the underlying reasons for that. I didn't offer my perspective.
- defrost 3y ago
  What are your theories on why the high end mass shooters are almost entirely of European descent then? The mass shooting in Vegas, in Tasmania, in Norway, in New Zealand, etc? As an objective fact (your words) extreme mass shootings are strongly correlated with race. The rest seem more correlated with economic circumstances.
  - Eggsellence 3y ago
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    - pauldenton 3y ago
      Why don't inner city gang members shooting other inner city gang members and hitting innocent people in the crosshairs not count as a mass shooting? If you look at the mass shootings of the FBI most wanted they're not 90% Columbine wannabes, they're 90% people who engage in criminal behavior and have a criminal record engaging in violence against others with criminals records and unrelated innocents becoming collateral damage
      - Eggsellence 3y ago
        Because all hell would break loose if the general American public understood the magnitude of the problem of black violence and crime. It doesn't align with the interests of political or media elites to demonise blacks, while they rub their hands gleefully over the prospect of an evil White shooter. According to Wikipedia, 4 of the 6 sources for definitions of mass shootings in America specifically exclude "gang" related shootings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_... How convenient.