Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Blacks and white-collar crime




Charlie Rangel thinks it's odd that black politicians are disproportionately put in front of ethics panels. (He had Maxine Waters in mind as well as himself).  Charlie is implying that he is an angel and white officials hate black people, but the fact is that blacks engage in white-collar crime at disproportionate rates. Even though they are only 13 percent of the U.S. population and are underrepresented in high status positions, the latest FBI data show that one-third of those arrested for embezzlement or fraud are black.
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15 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:00 AM

    Maybe blacks just get caught more often?

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  2. Ron Guhname11:48 AM

    Anon 2: It is hard to find data on religion and street crime, and even harder to find it on religion and elite crime, but I'll look for it.

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  3. Anonymous1:39 PM

    White-collar crime is a, well, mostly white activity at the very top end, things like insider trading and antitrust violations.

    Peter

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  4. Genius1:49 PM

    I wonder if the rate of Jews committing white collar crime varies from country to country, and whether conclusions could be drawn about how varying levels of assimilation might affect it.

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  5. sabril7:47 AM

    Here's what you do:

    1. Pick out 100 random attorneys in New York City and estimate what percentage are Jewish based on their last names.

    2. Make a list of all NYC attorneys who have been disbarred or suspended from the practice of law in the last 5 years and estimate the Jewish percentage in the same manner. (note that disbarments and suspensions are normally public).

    3. Compare the two percentages.

    The assumption is that disbarment or suspension as an attorney is a decent proxy to measure white collar crime.

    I will guess that the percentage of disbarred and suspended attorneys who are Jewish is significantly lower than the percentage of attorneys who are Jewish.

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    1. Jim Trimble2:35 PM

      ROFL I think you meant the other way. OF course anything is going to be lower than 100% ( suspened Jewish attorneys vs Jewish attorneys) =D

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