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That I'm aware of how big of a problem racial discrimination is in policing? > Black Californians are more than twice as likely to be searched as white Califor
by vrganj 3mo ago
That I'm aware of how big of a problem racial discrimination is in policing?
> Black Californians are more than twice as likely to be searched as white Californians, at about 20 percent versus 8 percent of all stops
https://www.ppic.org/publication/racial-disparities-in-law-enforcement-stops/ https://www.ppic.org/publication/racial-disparities-in-law-e...
- ceejayoz 3mo agoYou'll get people going "well that's because they do more crimes" to this. IMO, the toughest study to argue with is https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2020/05/veil-darkness-reduces-racial-bias-traffic-stops https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2020/05/veil-darkness-redu... They studied traffic stops around the daylight savings transition, which is a perfect natural control for "could the cops see the car occupants?" When DST switches, the on-paper racial disparity moves by an hour. The Earth's orbit, obviously, does not.
- rationalist 3mo agoInteresting, thank you. Sure, some number of police officers are racist. I've never denied that, and it's sad, as no one should be racist. In my experience, the ones who mention race first, are usually racists themselves.
- ceejayoz 3mo ago> I've never denied that, and it's sad, as no one should be racist. > In my experience, the ones who mention race first, are usually racists themselves. How does one address racism without first mentioning its existence?
- rationalist 3mo ago[flagged]