BLM unironically thinks that FBI statistics make them look good

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What made you feel confident that the US was 30% black? Seems pretty presumptive if u don't even live here.

[–]Wahwah 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Also not from the US (or West), but yes I was surprised to learn that African descent individuals make up only ~12-13% of the population. Because we consume American media and Africans are definitely overrepresented there compared to other minority races in US in terms of proportion. For example, in the UK it is even more prominent, UK media really makes it appear as if Africans consists of some 25% of the population I'd presume, whereas in reality, the South Asians are much larger in number. Africans tend to be a token minority for representation, I am saying this as objectively I can judge. No offence to anyone.

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Lmao... you're on saidit and you don't even wanna say "black", that's pretty weird. To take your UK example, it seems rather obvious why blacks would stand out more in people's heads than south asians. South asian culture is hella boring compared to blacks... we watch media for interesting stories, so blacks will obviously have more interesting stories than south asians with all their violence and criminal behavior. It's not the media's job to teach people the ethnic proportions of a place, so i'm sorry but it's silly to think that would ever ever be good source of information for that.

[–]Wahwah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, I prefer African-descent, European-descent etc. when referring to ethnic distinctions. Just my personal preference. Well, these shows have very little to do with the cultures of the said ethnicity's origin countries, but rather the culture of the country of show's origin e.g. British. Yes, it is not the source of information for ethnic representation but pop-culture does create an impression in a typical consumer's mind regardless of if they are interested in the demographics of nations or not.