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And since there isn't a ton of data here, it's quite likely that some of the factors are heavily skewed by outliers.

For example, skin color may not be the determining factor in college violence, but social ostracism, so it would only become relevant in specific cases where that caused social tension. The larger problem, however, may be completely unrelated to skin color if most colleges don't have a problem with ostracising people with a particular skin color.

So yes, I completely agree that we need to take a step back and look at multiple explanations for the evidence we have and see if they explain future events.