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Comment on: What can you learn from me if you know my race?

Bigthink — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:38:36 +0100

Mattmack,

Well said. Precisely. Many times SES is overshadowed by racially charged statistics. Which lead us to really miss the point; economic inequalities.

So can we say that statistics are biased or racists? Are they perpetuating a racist system or they are merely the product of one?

Comment on: What can you learn from me if you know my race?

Bigthink — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:34:38 +0100

Nameless,

I am not sure I get your point. Could you share a bit more?

Comment on: What can you learn from me if you know my race?

Bigthink — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:51:31 +0100

The stats can be made to show just about anything. These are probably the same or similar stats that are used in so called racial profiling.

There are many instances when the racial stats are merely showing socio economic stats. For example, there is more crime in areas of low socio economic status people and, unfortunately, a lot of those low SES people happen to be of a particular group. Therefore, the stats show that people of that group have a higher propensity for crime, which may be true, but it's because of the SES not their cultural affiliations.

The stats show a lot of things, but it is the particular bent of the person reading them that can skewe the results to show things that are not always accurate.

Comment on: What can you learn from me if you know my race?

Bigthink — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:35:14 +0100

A weak person TRIES to convince a stronger person that he is weaker than he is ;-)