“Population benchmarks provide only a crude method for estimating disproportionality. They allow for an inference that force is being used in a manner that is disproportionate to presence in the general population, but do not allow for a clear inference as to whether the force is disproportionate to presence in any particular area or to legitimately provocative behavior. A more direct, albeit still limited, proxy for level of provocative behavior would be actual offending.”
- Goff et al. in Policing Equity (2016)
The socio-cultural differences perspective is fascinating and important to account for on a scientific level. Yet, liberals would probably say it is racist to even consider that.
The Johnson et al. study linked in the article was one of the more unbiased studies I've seen in the field. It's scary that it was met with so much criticism from people who seemed eager to force read a black victomhood narrative.
In liberals' eyes it is racist to consider socio-cultural differences because to them there are no differences. We're all equal don't ya know? Remember that next time you are choosing your surgeon. Considering that has ramifications for their whole ideology.
The idea that everyone is the same from a medical standpoint is frightening. Discrimination, in terms of the very basic meaning of the word, is one of the pillars of science and medicine. But this ideology is taking over like an incessant virus. I recently read an article in the Brown alumni magazine that called for removing the idea of race from medical training.
People of all colors and genders judge, and discriminate. It's a natural evolutionary survival mechanism. It's a big reason why humans are the top of the food chain. Without the ability to discriminate we'd all be victims of everything from manipulation and extortion, to murder. Or be convinced to cut our genitals off because gender is a social construct. Without the ability to discriminate we would make really bad decisions. Like voting for democrats for 60 years, while our cities crumble, poverty worsens, and people are left behind. And then blame it all on discrimination. Probably why the left have made it racist to discriminate against their ideas. They attack the language. Demonize it. Rob the people of their right to discriminate for their own interests. Then rule...
Would you post a link to that Smith study? I'd like to read it, and put it in my arsenal.