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Chicago Pre-Crime - Racism Cloaked in Science

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday February 26 2014, @11:00PM   
from the studies-show-poverty-causes-cancer dept.

Angry Jesus writes:

"The Chicago Police Department is mis-applying epidemiological science (the study of entire populations) to target individuals in a real-life version of Minority Report. They have decided that it is a good idea to put people on a secret list based on a Big Data analysis of their social networks. But don't worry, it isn't racist or abusive because, Science!"

• Re:Sweet mother of fuck (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:27PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 27 2014, @02:27PM (#7957)

  2) Black men are more dangerous than White men. Hispanic men are more dangerous than White men. With the exception of gang violence, Whites men are more dangerous than Asian men.

  I doubt that. Can you cite any data that takes into account other relevant factors?

  There's a correlation between being black and being poor. And there's a correlation between being poor and being violent. Thus there's certainly a correlation between being black and being violent. But that doesn't make black men more dangerous than white men. Indeed poor white men will, on average, be more dangerous than wealthy black men.

  You'll also find that tax evasion is more common for white men than for black men. Does that mean white men are more greedy than black men?

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