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> For the BLM, the stats actually support that you are slightly less likely to be killed by the police if you are black I think you meant more likely not "less
by bluish29 3y ago
> For the BLM, the stats actually support that you are slightly less likely to be killed by the police if you are black
I think you meant more likely not "less". And even in thay case, this [1] is statistics up to before covid that shows that it is actually 3 times ratio between black and white risk of being killed by a police. This does not constitute "slightly".
> But there are vastly more interactions of black people with the police, and those are aligned with crimes committed, including crimes which stats are unlikely to be affected by policing practice (eg murders).
That would be true of any race or group of people. They have much more interactions with police other than those which will result in death.
> People are focusing on extreme percentiles of distributions, like % of engineers at google, or board members of major companies, ie looking at 0.001%-ish percentiles, where even minor differences in distributions may have a dramatic effect
Yes, and that's actually how personal stereotypes works. Your experience with people is very limited to form an opinion about race, nationality...etc. It is not even extreme percentile like top or bottom but it is a small percentage that people use to build their opinions.
> but if the recruitment process is fair, all the people who passed the threshold are equally capable
If the process involve human judgment or evaluation, then biases start to be a huge factor that prevents establishing a clear threshold. Unless you have something like a standard exam that will be taken without human interactions. You will always be working under the assumption that the process is not 100% fair. That is actually hard problem to solve especially at big companies. I don't know a solution that can give the best outcome and I don't envy people who have to do it.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/09/30/study-us-police-killings-have-increased-since-1980---and-black-americans-face-the-highest-risk-of-death/?sh=7eb706b65b3b https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2021/09/30/study-us-po...