Neverender
Aug 26, 2017 · 2 min read

Arguments and points are weak using incomplete statistics to describe people and cases, these claims you’ve made are certainly not thorough — circumstances of an event help to justify the effects of an event, independent of statistics.

These excuses by statistics and weak arguments do more harm than good. If you want to look into racist cops, do it. They exist, but stop using these statistics to describe differences in demographics. I’ve seen footage, I’ve interviewed police, I’ve seen why a person has been searched in black and white cases.

News flash, poorer people will have more run-ins with cops. They live in higher crime areas that require more cop surveillance, it’s also been mentioned that they’re more likely to be drug abusers (whether that’s from culture or lack of work). If anything, there’s classism in the works, not racism.

Get off this high horse of self righteousness, thinking you have the in on this undercover racist agenda. It’s ignorant. I’m sick of seeing this narrative prevail in the media and social circles. I think its well-intentioned — empathy is generally from a good place — but ignorant of key details and facts. It leaves me to question if people are woefully ignorant intentionally, ignorant as a result of social circles and information/availability bias, or haven’t done enough to pursue the counterpoint.

Note: I stopped reading a third the way through, I made read it more thoroughly later, but I doubt the underlying narrative changed at all. And I’m confident the misrepresentation of statistics to support the narrative will remain constant throughout.


PostScript

When taking a stance, I think essentially important for a person to consider all positions. The best way to honestly do that is to take the time and defend the alternative position, which requires performing research, collecting statistics, building timelines, drawing inferences. It’s tedious, but more objective and accurate.

In the case of racism, a person must understand why the severity of racism may not be as big and elaborate as the mainstream media might have a person believe.

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