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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by paublyrne on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:46PM (#18982720)
Weighting red hair color could be a proxy for the Irish, targeting hair texture could be a proxy for african americans, targeting zip codes has always been a proxy for race, etc.

Off-topic-ish, but only about 10% of Irish people have red hair.

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Re:Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Absolutely Right About Racist... by hamiltonkibbe on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @03:54PM (#18982832)
P(A|B) != P(B|A)
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