[Falling3]

>86% of our victims in these untested kits are people of color.

Calling it a "racial twist" sounds completely disingenuous to me. There is obviously a strong racial component here. Why do you think it's a problem to point that out?

[unclepresent]

There is a strong racial component everywhere. However a grown up person already knows what to expect from mostly black-populated city. White people leave such area for a reason. No one need to explain and give its own ideas about it. We all know what government wants us to hear and we all know what the real truth is. So skip to the point - give the facts and let us make conclusions ourselve.

[azeotropic]

Because Detroit was less than 8% white non-Hispanic in the 2010 census? Honestly sounds like white women are overrepresented in this sample.

[pavon]

Not when 82% of the population are African American.

[sp332]

The county is only 40% black. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/waynecountymich... And the kits were put in storage from 1984-2009, during which time the demographics of Detroit changed very rapidly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit... It wasn't always 80% black.

[azeotropic]

The kits are from a Detroit Police warehouse. The rest of Wayne county has different police forces.

The oldest kit was from 1984, not all the kits.

Your Wikipedia chart shows Detroit has been at least 80% non-white since 1990.

[rhino369]

But you wouldn't expect the rapes to be randomly distributed. Wayne County is a tale of two cities. There are rich white suburbs and the poor, black city.

You have to compare the untest kits to the demographics of record victims. It's likely women of color are much more often victims of rape. That is the trend nationwide.

[pavon]

Very good points. Thank you.

[MadAnthonyWayne]

They're actually terrible points, which are very shallow and not pertinent to the situation

[jessaustin]

The point is that this is a city with a large majority of blacks, and it just so happens to have terrible police. That isn't a contingent circumstance.

[sp332]

Anyone with any money left as soon as possible. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_Detroit#/media/File... Since Detroit has a storied history of racism, most of the poor people who have remained are black. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit... The state of public services is bad because there is no money left, not because the place is full of black people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_Detroit#/media/File...

[AdjustYourWrld]

Everyone with money left well before 1990, the vast majority of white flight took place in the 60s, 70s, and 80s

Edit sp332, lol yes 2/3 of the white population remaining in 1990 left after that, the problem with your line of thinking is 86% of the white population had already fled by 1990. 2/3 of 14% is not much...

[sp332]

2/3 of the white population in 1990 has now left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_Detroit...

Edit: ok so I don't see where we're disagreeing.

[0xfeba]

No, the demographics of the city are similar. So, no racial component to the victims. For the suspects or judicial system, perhaps.