The key element of any bogus "racism" (etc) study is the default assumption that all races/sexes/probably social classes would currently behave identically if it weren't for "oppression."
Thus, if you find Black men get arrested at 15x the rate of Thai women, you "found bias."
Thus, if you find Black men get arrested at 15x the rate of Thai women, you "found bias."
(2) This might sound like a straw-man - accusing ideological opponents of ignoring all cultural, historical, regional, genetic, stochastic, etc variables - but it actually describes probably 30-50% of academic research and ~every story on bias you read in a regular newspaper.
(3) "Problematically, we find that newly-arrived Hispanic immigrants are stopped by the police at 3x the rate among the population of all drivers (paraphrase)!!!"
Sure...but how'd they do vs the more relevant 'population' of "dudes speeding really really fast?"
Sure...but how'd they do vs the more relevant 'population' of "dudes speeding really really fast?"
(4) The current semi-taboo against admitting even that obvious, temporary, cultural differences exist can lead to absurd pretzel logic in response to this^.
"Are you...SAYING that macho guys from other countries drive more aggressively than 'burban wine moms? IN PUBLIC?" #bruh
"Are you...SAYING that macho guys from other countries drive more aggressively than 'burban wine moms? IN PUBLIC?" #bruh
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