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Me_Melissa t1_iwvzfmm wrote

Reply to comment by ILoveSludge in [OC] B/W incarceration ratio VS B/W income ratio – 2020 election by terrykrohe

It was an attempt to test the implied hypothesis of another commenter who basically said that red states are red, bc their people don't support social services, bc their poor who use those services are more fraudulent and criminal, bc they're black.

So we came up with some objective metrics to attempt to plot how many of the poor are black and how badly they get incarcerated grouped by R and D.

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ILoveSludge t1_iww63pv wrote

I think this is trying to do too much at once and ends up not actually conveying anything meaningful. IMO

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terrykrohe OP t1_ix0i53y wrote

... you are right: there is "too much at once"

... it is a "presenter" problem: how much to present and 'how deep'?

I am hoping that the work presented will "catch the eye" ... and address the few who are curious and willing to spend the time/effort to "figure it out".

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