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>Statistics suggest >facts Statistical inference is not established fact. I'm not defending parent comment above, but to be clear, it's not actually establish

• assimpleaspossi 3mo ago
  Correction as stated below: "Statistics suggest that Maria was undoubtedly poor and, most likely, Black."
  • anonym29 3mo ago
    It very explicitly guesses that she is black, based solely on statistical inference. From TFA: "Statistics suggest that Maria was undoubtedly poor and, most likely, Black." To read this as established fact is analogous to asserting as established fact that if you roll a six-sided die, you will certainly get a number <= 4. Probable, but not fact. A careful read also reveals that none of the woman's actual identifying information was revealed, including her name, for her own privacy: "We’ll call her Maria, the most common female name in Brazil, because authorities have not disclosed her real name in order to protect her identity." Follow-up edit: thank you for your correction, I appreciate the epistemic humility and good-faith dialogue.
• amunozo 3mo ago
  The family exploiting the woman was, in fact, white, independent of her skin colour.