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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

New York’s murder rate (and the overall murder rate in the USA) is shaped by a history of race relations which London did not experience. A white person in New York is much less likely (and conversely a black or Hispanic person is much more likely) to be murdered than the overall murder rate for the city might lead someone to think.

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GJdan@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh, well, carry on then.

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Klear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Username checks out.

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- ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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  Black and Hispanic people make up 52% of the city’s population but 88% of the murder victims. The murder rate of the white and Asian population works out to approximately 8.4, so the average European tourist is not in much danger here.
  
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  - Klear@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, exactly. You seem to arbitrarily place higher value on white people’s lives…
    
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    ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I’m not making a value judgement. I’m explaining why New York City’s murder rate is so much higher than London’s. It’s because NYC has a population of white and Asian people who are as safe as Europeans and another, de facto segregated population of black and Hispanic people who are much less safe.
    
    I presume that a big part of the reason why things are the way they are is that society places a higher value on white people’s lives, but I’m not doing that. Explaining isn’t the same as justifying.
    
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