Okay, then we need to remove all stereotypes: republicans are rich old men that want to hurt the poor people, religious people don't like gays, anyone that didn't vote for the current president MUST be racist, if something it's written in PHP..it must be terrible because the language is terrible, the police are all racist and want to kill unarmed black men. I could go on.
There are plenty of stereotypes and generalizations that continue to go on even here on HN..without anybody seeming to care.
"Many snap judgments based on race lead to the death of unarmed black men and women"
A small percentage of this is going to happen no matter what, and it needs to be prevented. The problem I have is that society is not allowed to use statistics or facts any longer because it's not politically correct.
If I'm a police officer going into a neighborhood that has had multiple crimes, shootings, and deaths, and the perpetrators were black, I'm going to be extra careful if I see someone that is black doing anything suspicious. This is just being smart.
"Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?"
The resumes they used were nowhere to be found on the site, so I don't even know if I can believe this study.
"Norton Pscyhology: Devah Pager and Dalton Conley discuss racism and the stigma of criminal record"
Of course there is a stigma of a criminal record. There should be, because it's not a good thing. If there are two applicants, 1 with a criminal record and one with slightly worse experience and no criminal record..I'm going to chose the latter every time. Sorry, but if you don't want to be judged on your criminal record, don't commit crimes.
> If I'm a police officer going into a neighborhood that has had multiple crimes, shootings, and deaths, and the perpetrators were black, I'm going to be extra careful if I see someone that is black doing anything suspicious. This is just being smart.
OK, but note that this has a side effect of innocent blacks getting stopped and questioned with a higher probability than innocent whites (where by innocent I mean not doing whatever activity it was you suspected them of when you stopped them). Ans since you are going in extra cautious about blacks, if you find something that is borderline between worth charging them for or letting them off with a warning, you'll probably be more likely to charge a black and let a white off. Result: among blacks and whites doing the exact same things, blacks are more likely to acquire a criminal record...
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> Of course there is a stigma of a criminal record. There should be, because it's not a good thing. If there are two applicants, 1 with a criminal record and one with slightly worse experience and no criminal record..I'm going to chose the latter every time. Sorry, but if you don't want to be judged on your criminal record, don't commit crimes.
There are plenty of stereotypes and generalizations that continue to go on even here on HN..without anybody seeming to care.
"Many snap judgments based on race lead to the death of unarmed black men and women"
A small percentage of this is going to happen no matter what, and it needs to be prevented. The problem I have is that society is not allowed to use statistics or facts any longer because it's not politically correct.
If I'm a police officer going into a neighborhood that has had multiple crimes, shootings, and deaths, and the perpetrators were black, I'm going to be extra careful if I see someone that is black doing anything suspicious. This is just being smart.
"Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?"
The resumes they used were nowhere to be found on the site, so I don't even know if I can believe this study.
"Norton Pscyhology: Devah Pager and Dalton Conley discuss racism and the stigma of criminal record"
Of course there is a stigma of a criminal record. There should be, because it's not a good thing. If there are two applicants, 1 with a criminal record and one with slightly worse experience and no criminal record..I'm going to chose the latter every time. Sorry, but if you don't want to be judged on your criminal record, don't commit crimes.