LogFAQs > #940971934

WEALTH - There is a limited amount of resources and different individual choices will lead to different individual outcomes.

EMPLOYMENT - Same as wealth, limited amount of paying jobs and different individual qualifications. Additionally, "blacks with college degree are twice as likely to be unemployed as all other graduates." This says nothing about what degree they hold, how in demand that degree is, and whether they meet other job qualifications.

EDUCATION - There's quite a bit to unpack in this one.

_ "black children constitute 18% of preschoolers nationwide"
This sound like an issue with black parents not enrolling their children.

_ "black students are three times more likely to be suspended than white students, even when their infractions are similar."
This could be explained by repeat offenses. Even if a single incident is similar it's possible that for one student it is just a single incident but for another student it's one of many incidents.
Also what is the scope of this study? Is it suspensions for one school or across many? Different schools will be more or less lenient depending on the resources they have.

_ "And once black children are in the criminal justice system, they are 18 times more likely than white children to be sentenced as adults."
Notice this isn't referencing similar infractions any more. This leaves open the possibility that they are sentence according to the severity of the infraction itself.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE - Everything stated here can be explained if repeat offenders are more well known to law enforcement and get longer sentences than first time offenders.

HOUSING - The previous items just implied that minorities are poorly educated, can't find work, and have a tendency toward criminal activity. It's rather expected that they wouldn't have nice homes.

SURVEILLANCE - I think this comes down to geography. The previous one suggested minorities are more likely to live in bad neighborhoods. Places where law enforcement would be on alert. I expect compensating for economic class would remove any racial disparity in this statistic.

HEALTHCARE - Similarities with surveillance. I think this can also be explained by geography and economic class.

Essentially this article ignores alternate explanations in order to support the argument they want to make which leaves it open to be easily refuted.

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