(06-25-2020, 08:45 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: This was done by a youngest black man ever to receive tenure at Harvard, btw, but who cares, right? He's not supporting the narrative, so he's probably just a sell-out uncle Tom. He's the same guy that did the studies that show that blacks are not shot at a higher rate per police encounter... you know, the one Mikesez claims was done by the "system." Oh, odd note on that: He actually set out to show the world that blacks were being killed at a higher rate and was surprised when the results didn't reflect that.

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On a side note, I am working on a program to bring conservative money into impoverished black communities, but it's in the very early stages. It's very ambitious, though, so I am not sure I can get it off the ground.

A police encounter is usually initiated by the police.
So the pressure gauge metaphor applies there as well.
The shootings are done by police.
The encounters are usually started by police.
The ratio between the two can't help us judge if the system as a whole is biased, any more than two pressure gauges calibrated by the same worker can prove that the worker knows how to calibrate pressure gauges.

As for your side note, thank you letting us know.  If you are actually making your living at this political stuff, I will give you some professional courtesy due, because I just do this as a hobby.

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