Here's how I think this stuff develops: Columbine happens Stoner voice: "hey man ever notice how these shooters are always white?" thought spreads Everyone half-joking to each other: "lol another white shooter" A few years later "Science has proven that all mass shooters r white" https://twitter.com/StoklasaStroker/status/930888851857592320 …
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It's also the taboo on saying anything bad about non-whites. That biases the groupthink toward certain conclusions.
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Yes, absolutely
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The jokes/vague ideas/groupthink effect is a very minor part of it. People believe reality is like this because Hollywood tells them them it is. Think about serial killers in Hollywood movies. How many are white? Now think about abusive fathers. How many are white? Exactly.
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It's possible. I suspect the Hollywood/media influence is less than half
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availability heuristic + confirmation bias working in unison.
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