Originally posted by xoggoth
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But what are the factors that sit along race? Age, wealth, gender?
I reckon that if you look at gang violence (and I've had a few already this evening so you'll not see facts from me), you will find that criminals are disproportionately, ethnic minortity, young, poor, male.
I don't see too many Daily Mail articles ranting about men, but let's leave that for the moment.
The interesting overlap is between being poor and being ehtnic minority (or more specifically members of certain ethnic minority groups if you prefer).
Perhaps the causal relationship is not:
Being ethnic minority makes young men more likely to commit violent gang related offences,
BUT
Being ethnic minority makes you more likely to be poor that makes young men more likely to commit violent gang related offences,
OR
Being ethnic minority makes you more likely to be poor that makes young men more likely to commit crimes, which expresses itself more in a violent gang way in ethnic minorities,
OR
Being ethnic minority makes you more likely to be poor that makes young men more likely to commit crimes, which is more likely to be interpreted as violent gang behaviour when committed by ethnic minorities.
And then if you accept the correlation between (certain) ethnice minorities and poverty, yo can go down the route of:
Racism makes certain ethnic minority people more likely to be poor,
OR
Racial or cultiral deficiencies make certain ethnic minority people poor.
It really has so many possiblilities, and the great thing is none of them require anyone to challenge their pre-conceptions, but instead you can pick out the one that bst fits with your existing political views. However, the important thing is to stick to your guns and try to prove that you're right.
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