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TopicCNN response on why teachers shouldn't be armed: they'll use guns more on blacks
Antifar
02/23/18 3:17:23 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
Antifar posted...
Do you guys have a disagreement with the claim being made, or just the outlet it came from?


Do you really need someone to actively point out how stupid a claim it is?

Given the statistics on racial disparities in the use of force, security, and punishment in schools...
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/education/black-students-face-more-harsh-discipline-data-shows.html
http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/racial-disproportionality-in-school-discipline-implicit-bias-is-heavily-implicated/
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/when-school-feels-like-prison/499556/
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/01/25/black-students-more-likely-to-be-arrested.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-children-corporal-punishment_us_56a975e7e4b0d82286d4eb61

Yes, I do think the burden of proof is on those who claim such disparities wouldn't carry over to gun usage. Do you have reason to believe this beyond just dismissing the idea as self-evidently stupid?
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