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[–] evidences@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I've generally heard the 13/53 numbers as referencing violent crime but who knows if that's what it actually is because I've only ever heard people us it when being super racist.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

It's referencing violent crime arrests. If a white guy does a murder and two black guys are arrested and acquitted of it, that's still two ticks on the black pile.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

yeah I wonder a lot about the actual statistics of crime, violent crime, financial crime, labor crime etc., because the prodigious enforcement against poc, and the damn near global under-enforcement of the white collar class...