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LarryPer123 t1_iye3oit wrote

Reply to comment by RedditRuleViolator in Beware of 'Shark Week': Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with junk science, misinformation and white male 'experts' named Mike by Kunphen

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The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MIKE is 78.3% White, 6.2% Hispanic origin, 10.6% Black, 2.8% Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.5% Two or More Races, and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native. These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate. The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution in the general population of the US.

On this basis, the people with the name MIKE have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.

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RedditRuleViolator t1_iye7k72 wrote

Is it ok to make those assumptions, though, still? Statistically speaking violent crime is committed at a higher rate by African Americans, but it's wrong to assume every African American is a criminal.

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dashrendar t1_iyel5ks wrote

No you can't. Kanye got in trouble for pointing out statistical facts as he did it in a horrible way. Chappelle pointed out those same facts and the facts about the demographics of people in said groups, but that it is wrong to make judgements about those groups that the facts fit. Like, you can think that this country has been ran by essentially all white males who are protestants, but it would be wrong to say that white males that are protestants run the country.

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