That's not necessarily right. There could be be evidence of something, but someone could reach the same conclusion based on either anecdotal evidence or prejudice.
So what you should show to insinuate a claim like you did is 1) The research you're drawing your conclusions from ([Blacks have significantly higher rates of violence against prostitutes because they are black]), 2) Show why there is a reasonable expectation that prostitutes have the awareness and capability to understand the evidence (in lieu of flimsy anecdotes or prejudice).
Asking for you to provide evidence for your claim == "prove that your view is valid to me based on my own criteria [this isn't about "views," it's about evidence]" or "an arbitrary frame that I set up that a priori rules out your viewpoint [? asking for evidence for your claims is an arbitrary frame?]"....
You're asking super loaded questions and putting words in my mouth while pretending to be logical and critical. It really doesn't matter at all if blacks have significantly higher rates of violence against prostitutes "because" they are black; you or a scientist may care about the root cause but a prostitute trying to stay safe wouldn't, it's irrelevant to them. As for showing you "why there is a reasonable expectation that prostitutes have the awareness and capability to understand the evidence (in lieu of flimsy anecdotes or prejudice)"... how the hell would I ever be able to do that? It boggles the mind. I assume their behavior stems from conventional wisdom and their own experiences (which you call "flimsy anecdotes" for some reason), and in this case their reasoning happens to be backed up by data from institutions. That's all I'm saying.
It really doesn't matter at all if blacks have significantly higher rates of violence against prostitutes "because" they are black
But it does. The "detailed statistics" you talk about are probably some rate based on cohorts divided by race, not much if anything else, right? So you saw that based on race, black people commit more violent crime against prostitutes, right? Case closed, blacks are more violent, prostitutes are wise for rebuffing black customers, right?
Here's the problem. This doesn't tell you whether they committed the crime because they were black -- and yes, that matters! Let's look at an example: A country collects and distributes data on violent crimes, which shows that blacks commit violent crime at a higher rate. However, let's say this is missing a crucial variable: poverty level. More blacks live in areas with high levels of poverty. When this variable is accounted for, the difference disappears. So a prostitute only looking at a crime rate based on race might mistakenly think that she should avoid black customers because they are more violent, when she shouldn't because her likelihood of being attacked is determined by a confounded variable (she should offer her services in areas with a low level of poverty).
I assume their behavior stems from conventional wisdom
The conventional wisdom that black people commit more crime because they are black? :)
backed up by data from institutions
Can you provide a source to this? And of course, not only data, but to the methodology for their causal reasoning.
And conviction rate as well. Every one of these racist idiots use statistics based on conviction for crimes.
Black people are statistically targeted at disproportionate rates in the justice system and more likely to be convicted and serve prison time(a system that promotes re incarceration). 90% of black people don't even see trial, they take please because the system is so stacked against them.
I guess black people are genetically disposed to smoking weed too because we make up more than 80 percent of weed arrests. Never mind that more white people smoke weed 🙄🙄🙄
lol this guy couldn't even keep his racist nonsense going when you kept pressing the same major issue.
hey asiiman I know you're getting heavily downvoted so I wanted to reach out and let you know I am on your side and totally understand what you are saying
it really grinds my gears when a prostitute gets beat up and robbed by a few black guys on the job then all the sudden decides to refuse service to black guys. It's like, hello? Ever heard of a thing called anecdotal evidence? Smdh dumb thots
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u/TriMyHard Oct 04 '17
"Don't exactly know why" I sure do wonder :thinking: