Monday, November 02, 2009

Black and white shooting rates in New York

Heather MacDonald cites some interesting statistics in her piece today in the NY Daily News. Based on victim and witness reports, 82% of all shootings in New York are by blacks even though they are only 24% of the city's residents. Whites are 35% of the city but commit only 1% of the shootings.

Let's get a comparison of the two races. If we divide 82 by 24 (the black numbers), we get 3.42. If we divide 1 by 35 (the white numbers), we get 0.03. When you divide 3.42 by 0.03, the result is 114. So the black shooting rate in New York is 114 times that of whites. 

I know there are large income differences between blacks and whites there, but holy crap. 

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