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     Re: Re: Chinese Scientists Cr   
     By: Rob Mccart to ROB SWINDELL on Sat Mar 08 2025 01:57 am   
      
    > RM> > That reminded me of something I read a couple of years back when they   
    >   > > were going nuts claiming that blacks were vastly discriminated against   
    >   > > because even though they only represented under 20% of the population   
    >   > > in New York, they made up 60% of those in prison. Some smart person   
    >   > > resonded to that (probably lost their job over it) that they looked   
    >   > > into the crime statistics and that 65% of the crime was done by black   
    >   > > people so they were actualy UNDER represented in prison..   
    >   
    > RS>You're suggesting that someone has statistics on crimes that are   
    > commited, bu   
    >   >ot prosecuted and proven? If the crime isn't proven, how does anyone know   
    > the   
    >   >ce of those that committed them? This sounds very suspicious.   
    >   
    > When I answered this last night I missed something pretty obvious.   
    >   
    > If you have 5 black people and 5 white people found guilty and in jail   
    > then they each make up 50% of the population..   
    >   
    > But if, say, the black people are in jail for doing 2 criminal acts   
    > and the whites only 1 then that would mean the blacks make up 50% of   
    > the jail population but had committed 66% of the crimes..   
    >   
    > On the plus side, they are not under represented in this case, just   
    > guilty of doing more crimes..     B)   
      
   Being guilty of a crime and being convicted of a crime are 2 different things.   
   Just because more blacks are convicted of crimes doesn't necessarily means   
   more blacks are conducting more crimes. They could just be more likely to be   
   convicted and incarcerated for more crimes.   
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