Ah, right, you aren’t American. It’s super common for American racists to say
racism
“black people are 14% of the population but commit 50% of the crime”
::: which is of course a severely bad faith use of crime conviction statistics. The Aussie I am referring to quoted a similar stat for aboriginals.
Oh shit, that’s kinda like how there is a saying about Roma in Finland, how
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90% of them ruin their reputation for all of them, referring to the idea of Roma being thieves, frauds and generally untrustworthy.
I’m pretty sure people say this unironically to this day, and we have a saying of similar vibes about Russians, too! A lovely culture, full love and acceptance*!
Ah, right, you aren’t American. It’s super common for American racists to say
racism
“black people are 14% of the population but commit 50% of the crime” ::: which is of course a severely bad faith use of crime conviction statistics. The Aussie I am referring to quoted a similar stat for aboriginals.
Oh shit, that’s kinda like how there is a saying about Roma in Finland, how
Spoiler
90% of them ruin their reputation for all of them, referring to the idea of Roma being thieves, frauds and generally untrustworthy.
I’m pretty sure people say this unironically to this day, and we have a saying of similar vibes about Russians, too! A lovely culture, full love and acceptance*!
*terms and conditions apply
Them romas are always stealin’ the copper and burnin’ cables!
Tale as old as time here in the Balkans, just replace roma with the appropriate slur.
Not to nitpick, but it’s actually 13%, and they even use “1350” as a dogwhistle for the stat.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=1350
It brings me some satisfaction that I don’t perfectly know the racism lore despite my upbringing