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The numbers here are actually not alarming, even positive. In every human population there is a small percentage of people with some ideology that makes them i
by ds9 12y ago
The numbers here are actually not alarming, even positive.
In every human population there is a small percentage of people with some ideology that makes them inclined to do harm to others. 3700 anti-black incidents, 1100 anti-semitic, in the US - the population is about 300+ million. The hater-attacker percentage is something like 1 to 3 x 10^-5. That is tiny!
Of course it is deplorable that we have this much, and undoubtedly it implies a larger percentage who are hateful but not crazy enough to attack people. Still it does not seem a crisis. The situation has improved greatly in the US, I think other places have worse problems of this kind (e.g. see waps on this page).
- hackhackin 12y agoAgree - not super alarming numbers, when gauged as a percentage of population. Still, depressing to think that no matter how much we progress, bigoted subcultures will always be there to make life hell for minorities.