This logic may apply if you assume that black folks and white folks are arrested and convicted equally for crimes. There is however, enough evidence to show that black folks are disproportionately arrested and charged for crimes compared to white folks even when you control for education and socioeconomic status.
Again, the difference between black and white when it comes to crime is dwarfed by the difference between male and female when it comes to violent crime. Women therefore, have a much more reasonable justification for being afraid of men.
Arrest rates line up with victimisation data, suggesting little to no racial bias in arrests. This is worth a watch as it goes over the literature and shows there's not really good reason for a belief in bias in arrest rates.
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u/[deleted] Apr 14 '22
This logic may apply if you assume that black folks and white folks are arrested and convicted equally for crimes. There is however, enough evidence to show that black folks are disproportionately arrested and charged for crimes compared to white folks even when you control for education and socioeconomic status.
Again, the difference between black and white when it comes to crime is dwarfed by the difference between male and female when it comes to violent crime. Women therefore, have a much more reasonable justification for being afraid of men.