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by read_if_gay_ 2053 days ago
From a logical standpoint: If this should be pointed out specifically, should the same be done for crimes commited by immigrants? If not, isn’t that technically disingenious or at least a double standard?
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It depends on what you want to achieve.

Do you want to have race based discrimination and murders? go with the selectively pointing out the crimes committed by immigrants are committed by immigrants. This will give the illusion of causation(Immigrants do this because they are ).

If you want to have a society where people are judged by merit but you still have people arguing that it’s the race we should be looking for, go with pointing out the success of the immigrants. This will break the "Turks commit crimes because they are Turks" claim and inspire people to look to replicate the success of the successful ones.