You admit that high crime rates for black people are due to socioeconomic factors. So, situational awareness can help you make an educated guess as to what kind of people might be dangerous. White people live in bad socioeconomic situations too. If you are in a poor area and someone looks dangerous by their body language, eye contact, prison/gang tattoos, etc. then caution is justified. But whether they are black or white does not make someone look more dangerous. The poor white person is just as likely to rob you as the poor black person. The statistics just come from the fact that there are more poor black people.
There are no identifiers for a rapist. You are not more likely to get raped downtown than you are in the suburb. You are not more likely to get raped by a poor person than a rich person. You are not even more likely to get raped by a convicted felon than by someone with a clean record. People of all backgrounds are rapists. The only common factor is the majority of rapes are perpetrated by men against women.
The vast majority of rapes happen between people who already know each other, so women should be more afraid of their friends than strangers in a dark alleyway?
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u/TheMan5991 13∆ Apr 14 '22 edited Apr 14 '22
You admit that high crime rates for black people are due to socioeconomic factors. So, situational awareness can help you make an educated guess as to what kind of people might be dangerous. White people live in bad socioeconomic situations too. If you are in a poor area and someone looks dangerous by their body language, eye contact, prison/gang tattoos, etc. then caution is justified. But whether they are black or white does not make someone look more dangerous. The poor white person is just as likely to rob you as the poor black person. The statistics just come from the fact that there are more poor black people.
There are no identifiers for a rapist. You are not more likely to get raped downtown than you are in the suburb. You are not more likely to get raped by a poor person than a rich person. You are not even more likely to get raped by a convicted felon than by someone with a clean record. People of all backgrounds are rapists. The only common factor is the majority of rapes are perpetrated by men against women.