That is a falsehood.
Per the FBI: "White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 59.1 percent of those arrests."
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
Per the FBI: "White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 59.1 percent of those arrests."
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
So it is true and you're distorting the table.
South Asian vs East asian is another group that often gets lumped together in demographic statistics as 'Asian'. Despite significant differences in geography/race/culture/etc.
Regardless, I'd also be curious to hear the real rational for the Latino one
Or does it only mean anglosaxon heritage? If so, why?
In any case, the picture you're suggesting is itself distorted given that other correlating factors such as social class, are ignored.
>the picture you're suggesting is itself distorted given that other correlating factors such as social class, are ignored.
The picture I'm suggesting is that which the data shows, and you seem to be making some other leap to say something that I have not said.
In any case, the picture the data suggests is incomplete (because it is missing a crucial data point: social class), therefore the picture you're suggesting is also incomplete.
[0] https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/RHI125221
> I think it's fair to point out that men commit most violent crimes. That's not good/normal/expected it's just a fact.
> Again, replace “men” with “African Americans” and you also have a statistically true statement (in America at least) that would be considered taboo.
You raise some great points, but in the context of the discussion I don't see how any of the comments represent a failure of mathematical, verbal, and philosophical understanding.
Arrest statistics are also self-reported by police, both on an individual officer and department-to-FBI level, with no accountability for the accuracy or completeness thereof that I'm aware of.
Violent crimes also account for only a portion of the economic damage crime-in-general deals to society, if we want to get utilitarian. Wage theft dwarfs all types of robbery and burglary, and that's only one type of white-collar theft (perpetrated, in the US, overwhelmingly by white people).
Thank you for correcting this disinformation. It's something that gets trotted out regularly without acknowledgement of how ridiculously imperfect our law enforcement and justice systems are.