26% of violent crime convicts account for 63% of violent crime conviction (2014)

Re:26% of violent crime convicts account for 63% of violent ... by icegreentea2 on Saturday February 10, 2018 @12:28PM (#16348329)

I think what you're asking for is unreasonable. Labelled racist by who? How do you count 50%? Does it matter if only one fringe group labels it racist? Or does it have to be called racist by a group with political capital > X.

It also leaves any potential of discussing "chilling effect" like things. You're measurement does nothing to gauge the overall zeitgeist of the time, which would clearly influence the outlook of any researcher who didn't have balls of steel and bulletproof funding.

I agree the author needs more clarity. And the clear thing to say is that "one could easily imagine this type of study in the United States causing problems for the author due to possible accusations of racism".

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Re:26% of violent crime convicts account for 63% of violent ... by frabbit on Saturday February 10, 2018 @04:11PM (#16349621)

I agree with your "labelled racist by who, how do you count, etc" questions. But that just throws the meaninglessness of the original statement into starker relief: it's simply an empty expression of unsupported complaint. Your finishing formulation, is unfortunately simply more prolix.

I do not see those sorts of comments as up to the usual standards of HackerNews. Perhaps to be expected on an article like this, but still they should be discouraged.

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