> The data tells you that a black person is more likely to be a criminal than a white person. There are two possible reasons for this:
I'd like to add a third possible reason for your consideration. Since "criminality" i.e. guilt of committing a crime is determined after a process engaging the law enforcement and justice systems, we have to examine whether there are inherent biases in those systems that result in skewed statistics. For instance, do police officers selectively target blacks for monitoring and investigation? Are blacks discriminated against in the courtroom as a result of procedure or human nature?
I'd like to add a third possible reason for your consideration. Since "criminality" i.e. guilt of committing a crime is determined after a process engaging the law enforcement and justice systems, we have to examine whether there are inherent biases in those systems that result in skewed statistics. For instance, do police officers selectively target blacks for monitoring and investigation? Are blacks discriminated against in the courtroom as a result of procedure or human nature?