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The Real said:Seems like you're starting to move to a different point now.
First, I just want to reiterate what I said before. You didn't question the disproportionately Black composition of general homicide rates. So, assuming that you're not suggesting that white homicides are underreported, then we have no reason to assume that Black crime is underreported with respect to mass murders, which are merely magnified homicides, and logistically dealt with in the same way.
No. Mass killings are a different category, not just magnified homicides. That's why I didn't question the general homicide rates.
The Real said:Now, to answer your question, first, let's lay out more groundwork. It's obvious to anyone that violent crime in general is portrayed as a Black thing, with regard to the media, and there is a long history of stereotyping in that regard that goes beyond the admittedly disproportionate nature of crime. So, your argument is that there is media bias that specifically bucks said pattern with respect to mass murderers, and only them. I find that hard to believe, for obvious reasons, but you'll have to explain why this bias exists and what causes it.
See my above post in answer to Blackking.
The Real said:I'm beginning to notice a general structural pattern in all of your arguments so far- you're suggesting that the bias is always against the white men in one, particular subcategory of crime, despite all evidence showing that the larger category is biased against Black people.
I'm suggesting that the bias is always against 'Black' people.
The Real said:I personally think the answer is pretty simple- mass murder is defined at 4 bodies or up. Separate the higher from the lower numbers within the category, and you'll find that white men generally tend to occupy the higher range, while Black men do not. This is further established in the breakdown of categories like "school shootings," for example. Media attention is obviously more likely to be given to the bigger sprees. Furthermore, Black victims are not nearly as likely to show up in the media, for the same reason that Black crime is largely depicted as a universal threat, rather than as a phenomenon that also means that Blacks are the most likely victims.
That's part of what I'm saying. The media portrays these dudes as some sort of 'evil geniuses' (instead of the nut jobs they actually are), but that would give a 'Black' perpetrator too much credit.