Lifesaving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by police

Re:Lifesaving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by ... by LyndsySimon on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @07:39PM (#14749009)

I agree that the media coverage on this issue is pretty much garbage. The vast majority of cases, even those where the person killed was not committing the crime of which they were suspected, are much more complicated than "they were black." This belief puts me at odds with many (perhaps all) in the "racial justice" movement.

All of that said, there is a core of truth here that I believe should not be overlooked, and that's that dark-skinned people are treated differently than light-skinned people. There is a great deal of scientific literature that supports this belief - generally speaking, people of all races view others with darker skin to be stronger, more aggressive, less innocent, and often older than they really are.

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Re:Lifesaving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by ... by weberc2 on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @08:54PM (#14749336)

Maybe, but I'm skeptical. The data often point in both directions, and the literature often fails to look at obvious alternative explanations (prejudice is the null hypothesis). Besides, the field of sociology is politically homogeneous; I don't know how much their political ideologues contribute to confirmation bias, but I suspect the literature would look different if this weren't the case.

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