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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @07:49AM (#23550289)
>usually the black person will happen to be the one pulled over //

Which country are you in? Have you checked that statistic or did you assume it?

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by darkerside on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:22AM (#23550495)
US, and no, I didn't need to check the statistic. Do you also think people shouldn't be protesting because they haven't proven black people are being targeted disproportionately by police to a 95% confidence interval?
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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday June 20, 2020 @11:49AM (#23584567)
I prefer to base my views on facts. You need to check the statistics because it's very easy to be wrong - we all have biases and limitations.

I gather statistics show USA police are not targeting black people ("damn lie and statistics" though, so I'm Caruso's about that result), contrary to how I imagined it. That doesn't mean there isn't a problem, it possibly means the problem is more concentrated - ie in general the police are doing well, but specific groups/officers are being highly discriminatory.

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