Tilted Cat Head
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Originally Posted by filtherton
You don't need statistics for this, though, just common sense. It isn't racist to assume that someone who is dressed like a thug is someone who might be prone to acting like a thug. There are more relevant indicators of thuggishness than race.
It's not racist to know the information. It's racist to think that it means anything with respect to any specific black person you see on the street. The data you cite means nothing in that context. Statistically speaking, 1 in 5 people live in China, right? So what does that mean with respect to a random person on the street? If anything, if you look at your data with respect to your overall probability of being a victim of violent crime you should come to the conclusion that the vast majority of black people aren't going to rob you.
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curious---as far as police departments are concerned isn't that not profiling either?
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