Watch out for people with green eyes: In 2006, the NYPD recorded data on over 500,000 stops in order to estimate how much of a problem officers have with racial bias. Here are the percent of stops that resulted in an arrest:
Percent of stops resulting in an arrest
Asian/Pacific Islander 4.4
Black 4.0
American Indian 3.0
Black Hispanics 4.5
White Hispanics 4.3
Whites 4.8
Other 2.6
I see zero evidence here of bias against non-whites. This, in spite of the fact Hispanics and especially blacks are much more belligerent than other groups.
But the more interesting part. For every racial category with sufficient numbers, people with green eyes are significantly more likely to be arrested. The overall arrest rate is 4.1 percent, and here are the percent with green eyes who are arrested:
Percent of people with green eyes who are arrested
Black 7.3 (N = 820)
Black Hispanic 7.2 (N = 207)
White Hispanic 7.0 (N = 1,626)
White 7.4 (3,802)
All cases 7.1 (N = 6,787)
People with green eyes, regardless of race, are 1.7 times more likely to get hauled in. Does anyone have an explanation for this?
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Maybe Hollywood Jews have it wrong and rather than blond heterosexual men being the spawn of Satan, it is green-eyed people.
ReplyDeleteOf course, even in movies it is hard to do enough closeups to create a racial profile based on eye color. Maybe they just found the closest correlate and went with that to help educate us plebs. It's a tough job they have to do for us.
We green-eyed folks must be some mighty devious weasels.
ReplyDeleteA large percentage of those driving would be wearing sunglasses. So it's probably not because the officers have an insane reaction to the colour of the person's eyes.
ReplyDeleteWhile Van Morrison was laughing and a running with the brown-eyed girl, the green-eyed girl was doing hard time in the slammer.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, I have no idea on this one. Are there any other physical characteristics that tend to accompany green eyes?
Green-eyed people have been stereotyped as "intense" and "fiery" in their personality. If at all valid, maybe these people lose their tempers easier, and the cops will have none of it.
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