• porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Being white is a huge risk factor for unearned confidence. So is male. Being both just multiplies the chances.

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      8 months ago

      Wow! This is like saying that if someone owns an axe, they are more likely to be a serial killer. If they also have rolls of black garbage bags, then its even more likely …

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        8 months ago

        That’s such a straw man. You would have no trouble saying that if someone doesn’t have an axe they are less likely to be an axe murderer

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          8 months ago

          Sorry - what do you mean?

          The fact that someone owns an axe and garbage bags, does nothing to their likelihood of them being a murder, just like being white and/or a male has nothing to do with the “risk of unearned confidence”.