Blacks & whites use weed at similar rates but blacks are ~3.8x more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession. https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/assets/1114413-mj-report-rfs-rel1.pdf …
@St_Rev @KarmaKaiser You've read this right? http://www.ronunz.org/2013/07/20/race-and-crime-in-america/ … Seems like it would be hard for racist enforcement to fake this.
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@sarahdoingthing@KarmaKaiser Read it, vaguely remember finding some subtle but important flaw in it, don't remember what it was though. -
@St_Rev@KarmaKaiser would love to know the flaw you find in it as it seems like the most damning, depressing evidence I've ever seen - 8 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing@KarmaKaiser I think maybe it was that a high r-value doesn't necessarily imply a large difference in mean...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing@KarmaKaiser ...although the scatterplot of homicide rates supports the latter.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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