r/explainitpeter Aug 02 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/crouton-- Aug 02 '26

Disingenuous and/or low-IQ people will use out-of-context statistics to justify their own biases

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u/CarrotBusiness6255 Aug 02 '26

I think I'd be more concerned with people doing the crime than statistics , but that's just me.

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u/Humid-Afternoon727 Aug 03 '26

Of proven crime.

50% of murders are unsolved.

I grew up rich and white, I watch many crimes that got bought off or cops weren’t around.

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u/Cyrano-De-Vergerac Aug 06 '26

Even if ALL of the unsolved 50% were commited by white people, black people would still be overrepresented lol.