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Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by int_19h on Thursday January 13, 2022 @05:36PM (#29927941)
> White people are much safer around police because they have power in the legal system (generally speaking about the entire country); they can protect themselves.

This is true statistically, but I think OP's point is that statistics should not be used to dismiss individual experiences. Daniel Shaver was white, for example. Cheye Calvo was a white mayor when his house was raided (speaking of power!).

Thing is, police has too much power relative to the vast majority of citizens. The delta varies drastically between different population groups, but it's "too much" for all of them.

Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by wolverine876 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @06:21PM (#29928433)
> This is true statistically

No, it's true really. White people, overall, really have much more real power. It's not a number in a report, but a hard fact of reality.

And then, any time racism comes up, lots of white people find any way to downplay it.

Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by int_19h on Thursday January 13, 2022 @09:08PM (#29929796)
"Statistically true" is not the opposite of "really true". It just means that what's true overall is not necessarily true for every specific individual.
Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by wolverine876 on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:03PM (#29930471)
It's also a way of trivializing a real thing with real, serious impact, by omitting the 'real' aspect.
Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by malwrar on Thursday January 13, 2022 @11:47PM (#29930676)
What sort reaction do you expect when you approach these sorts of conversations by essentially saying "your skin color tells me your entire life story, and disagreeing with me trivializes my own experiences"?
Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by wolverine876 on Saturday January 15, 2022 @12:28PM (#29948291)
Not my words. Who are you quoting?
Re:The impact of sexual abuse on female development: a longi... by int_19h on Friday January 14, 2022 @01:02AM (#29931105)
I believe that is exactly the point OP was trying to make?..