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1/ I was able to take a much-needed vacation from Twitter for over two weeks, and although I actually need more time to complete some offline projects, this juicy little tweet lured me back.
As the woke say, there is some stuff to unpack here. https://twitter.com/LAPDHQ/status/1310786933677645824
1/ I was able to take a much-needed vacation from Twitter for over two weeks, and although I actually need more time to complete some offline projects, this juicy little tweet lured me back.
As the woke say, there is some stuff to unpack here. https://twitter.com/LAPDHQ/status/1310786933677645824
2/ First, let's begin with the approximate 4:3 female-to-male ratio, and the following fact: Only about 1 out of every 1000 females is as strong as the average male.
A study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513809000397?fbclid=IwAR3Hg3Plot1hz-am1bDFkebFGOVnyv_7nYxkjktNeGhbqeEg7ewAHgrZnys
A study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513809000397?fbclid=IwAR3Hg3Plot1hz-am1bDFkebFGOVnyv_7nYxkjktNeGhbqeEg7ewAHgrZnys
3/ Suppose your basic 145-pound Chicanx LAPD lady cop is in a physical situation with a 235-pound male suspect in an alleyway — isn't she going to be more likely to discharge her weapon than a much-stronger male cop due her huge strength disadvantage?
4/ Also, although I'm all in favor of having fewer people of pallor on police forces — ultimately it will put a dent in the myth of “racist” police violence toward people of color when the colored cops themselves are doing most of the shooting — it does raise this question:
5/ Why don't we see more black cops on big city police forces around the country?
Since most violent crime in these cities involves blacks living in predominantly-black neighborhoods, wouldn't it make sense to pack police departments with black patrol officers?
Since most violent crime in these cities involves blacks living in predominantly-black neighborhoods, wouldn't it make sense to pack police departments with black patrol officers?
6/ Yes, it would, but as in so many areas of American life the problem comes down to this intractable fact: The IQ distribution of African-Americans doesn't make this easy.
7/ The average police officer needs an IQ of at least 105 (very slightly above the white average) to perform his job adequately. (The testing requirement in larger cities is probably a few points higher.)
This excludes all but around 10% of blacks, making hiring difficult.
This excludes all but around 10% of blacks, making hiring difficult.
8/ A black person with an IQ of, say, 110 or above is part of the African-American cognitive elite, more or less, and probably doesn't see himself walking the Compton beat when affirmative action and diversity hiring offers him smoother paths to safer and more lucrative fields.
9/ Then, there's this: The LAPD tweet talks about the amazing “diversity” of the new class, but it's actually one of the *least* racially representative classes you'll see anywhere in the US.
Whites are 53% of the city's population, but not even 10% of the new class.
Whites are 53% of the city's population, but not even 10% of the new class.
11/ But this doesn't matter because under our new state religion of Anti-Racism the presence of whites (and increasingly of Asians) doesn't add “diversity” to anything; it only removes it.
