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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by chongli on Thursday March 09, 2017 @04:04PM (#13833619)
I think your statistics would show that certain classes of Americans are comparatively very criminally oriented, and certain classes of Americans are not.

I didn't say anything about certain classes of Americans. I said that if you sampled the back of a squad car, you'd conclude that Americans are a bunch of criminals in general. That is the point. Asking a police officer about their experiences with immigrants is extremely biased. Just as asking a surgeon about athletes is biased (hint: surgeons have a lot more contact with injured athletes than the average person).

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Re:YC will hold interviews in Vancouver for founders who can... by jimmyk on Thursday March 09, 2017 @04:13PM (#13833708)
Asking a police officer about their experiences with immigrants is extremely biased.

So I ask again (and I won't use students this time, since you didn't get the point the first time): If you asked police officers about their experiences with immigrants here on E1 visas, would you conclude that people here on E1 visas are a bunch of criminals? What does that tell you about people here on E1 visas?

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