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by newnewnew 13y ago
Once you get down to the raw statistics they are shocking and very little known. The orthodox explanation for the disparity (white racism) doesn't fit the data and existing policy is to ignore and excuse the social problems rather than
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Mayor Bloomberg claims that stop and frisk is biased against white people[1], compared to the percent of crime they commit. The black criminal subculture is unique in America. There is no equivalence in other groups. Black males between the
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Mayor Bloomberg claims that stop and frisk under-targets blacks and hispanics, given the percentage of crime committed[1]. It will be interesting to see if NY becomes Detroit in its absence. NYC is notable for having a lower level of crime
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And they commit only a fraction of the amount of crime of their black counter-parts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6279991
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by newnewnew 13y ago
The facts are striking, and surprisingly unknown[1]. For example, just 1% of the US population commits 27% of the murder. Can you guess which demographic group that is? Can you imagine a politician giving a speech about that? [1] http:&#x2
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by newnewnew 13y ago
In London, the Lee Rigby murder and the flash mob violence has brought tensions between English and immigrants to the headlines.
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The difference in criminal activity between blacks and other American subgroups is so large that it is hard to imagine any regressions making much of a difference. Black males are 6% of the population and commit 53% of the murders, more tha
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There's enough of a genetic difference between subpopulations that if you spit in a cup and ship it to 23andMe, they can tell you where your ancestors came from. Also, there's enough of a difference so that if your ancestors aren&
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Africa ain't exactly paradise, either.
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> You can argue about whether this is racism or classism. Or it could just be avoiding high-crime areas. Given the vastly different propensities of people of various races to commit crime, avoiding crime tends to make you look racist[1]
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Steve Sailer found out that American schools are really good when you break down test scores by race[1]. For example, the white American population does better on international tests than most European populations, American hispanics do bet
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If that's racism, then it is a lot less virulent of a thing than we normally think of. Almost everybody in the world has some sort of affinity for their own cultural group, practices and norms. Maybe we should develop another term for
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I find I have a better model of the world when I go past the modern right into the old right, such as Carlyle[1]: "the meaning of all reform-movement, electing and electioneering, of popular agitation, parliamentary eloquence, and all
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UPS style analytics for everyone.
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Call me what you like, but I look forward to a day when nobody's hard work is discounted as "privilege" because they were born in group X, and nobody assumes that they know everything about you because of your superficial phe
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by newnewnew 13y ago
To the left, you are "privileged" when you put in a decade of schooling and work long hours to improve your marketable skills to make over the median income, especially if you are white, Asian, male, or straight.
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by newnewnew 13y ago
Rights do not exist. "Human Right" is a modern synonym for power. In absence of power, a right is meaningless. In the presence of power, a right is superfluous.
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San Francisco needs an income tax. So many people enjoy the benefits of living in SF but pay little for its upkeep.
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It looks like hacker news is in favor of legalizing marijuana.
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Is a guy misogynist if he complains about an imbalanced sex ratio and the social pathologies that spread from that? I just wish we were less quick to excommunicate people from the politically correct Church of All. Relax people, let a littl
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Midol is sexist.
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It was misogynistic? I don't remember him complaining that SF needs to get rid of women or anything.
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I thought the original post was pretty funny. SF does have its shitty qualities. It's kinda scary that you can't criticize it without the pitchfork mob coming out. This will prevent all improvement.
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Every argument is ad hominem nowadays. It is the sickness of the post-modern era[1]. Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner. Charles Bukowski kicked a woman. Paula Dean once used a racial slur referring to a man that robbed her at gunpoint. L
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The solution to this is for California to allow municipal income taxes. Then the city of San Francisco would be able to afford the services it needs to deal with the influx of citizens.
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San Francisco split by Silicon Valley's wealth(latimes.com)
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Demography is destiny.
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I don't understand. Is education good for killing your enemy? Why would that be the purview of the military?
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SF and California should raise income taxes. There's no way for Google employees in California to dodge them. The best part is that the bill falls on those people who need city resources. I doubt that SF will get its act together regar
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That's an inconvenient fact for the standard liberal wisdom to explain. Here's links to information about the French riots: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_civil_unrest_in_France and London riots/flash

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