Reply #4: oh, btw [View All]

[iverglas]

I had a look at some stats like this a couple of years ago -- when they were offered by someone definitely looking to make a particular point.

One thing I noticed in jody's figures:

13% of white murder victims were killed by blacks.
6% of black murder victims were killed by whites.

Oh no, Paco! Those black folk sure do kill a lot of white folk, eh?

Well funny; here's what *I* notice about the stats.

180 black people were killed by white people.
475 white people were killed by black people.

About 2.6 times as many white people killed by black people as vice versa.

Hmm. Aren't there a few more than 2.6 times as many white people than black people in the US?

The white people seem to have wiped out a larger percentage of the black population of the US than the black people did of the white population.

Statistics; you can't live without 'em, you can do lots of fun things with 'em.

(And I had to edit because I did a simple division wrong. Gimme a dunce cap and send me to the corner.)

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