What about the rest of us who are neither black nor white? Do we just joyfully leap down the street, since crime never happens to us?
Biological fact? Can’t we just say it’s statistically more likely? What biological fact compels me (a man) to attack?
This is a stupid question. There’s no way to answer this because just saying 5 white guys or 5 black guys, I wouldn’t want to meet either group.
I encounter 5 males on a dark street - yes, all else being equal I would feel slightly more comfortable if they were the same race as me. Are you happy now?
Crime is only about socioeconomic factors. Race is completely irrelevant. Stupid OP. I would much rather be mugged by poor blacks who need my money.
There’s another reason this is a stupid question.
If I started to go down a dark alley and saw a group of people just hanging around down the alley aways I’m turning around and finding a different route down streets with lights.
But if for some magical reason I have to go down this alley then I would prefer thugs of my own race.
As Patrice O’Neal said, (paraphrased), I’d rather be alive and thought of as a racist than be dead and feel good about myself as I’m dying thinking, “Well at least these people killing me can’t think of me as a racist.”
Where does the lighting enter into it? Do have statistics showing that men are less violent in the daytime than the night time? Lighting is an environmental factor. It’s got nothing to do with the statistics regarding relative violence between men & women or blacks & whites.
No, it would only be a tautology if you could be certain that a group of women wouldn’t hurt you. Since you can’t be certain of that, judged solely on the fact that they’re women, it’s not a safe assumption. A women, or group of women, may be less likely to hurt you than a man - doesn’t mean you can assume she won’t.
A person graduating (or not) from high school is a behavior, unlike skin color, which is an inherited trait which is not indicative of behavior, actions or knowledge. Judging a person by their individual behavior or specific actions is different than judging them on nothing but a stereotype.
Who is this “they” of whom you speak?
At any rate, my point is that one can’t assume that a gang of women won’t attack a stranger just because, as you say, they are much less likely to do so. The generalization - or even the math - that women are more passive and less violent is not useful when it comes to predicting the behavior of specific individuals, especially if we factor out environmental and behavioral cues specific to the encounter with the individual ne’er-do-wells in question.
No, we get mugged by everybody.
Some folks are making a statistical error, here. Yes, black folks disproportionately commit more crimes than white folks, but that’s not relevant here. Folks walking down dark alleys at night are also disproportionately likely to commit crimes. But, given that we already know that the mysterious strangers are walking down dark alleys at night, are they more likely to commit crimes if they’re white or black? I don’t think we have statistics on that.
Aside from the hats, that could be half the guys I work with on casual friday.
In an actual answer to the OP, I personally am less scared of the people who are in the majority in the neighborhood. Five black guys in an alley in a black neighborhood have a better chance of being knuckleheads shooting dice in a convenient public spot, whereas the whites in a black majority neighborhood are more likely to be looking for drugs and/or trouble.
Or we could go with what The Wire teaches us, that the people we should REALLY be afraid of are the guys with badges. =P
I’d prefer to meet a group of 5 Asian females.
But I’m not judging your lifestyle.
Statistics, since that’s what was mentioned in the post I was replying to.
And that assumes it’s true, and that blacks aren’t just being arrested more.
You mean like this?
I hope you don’t set insurance premiums 
Jesse Jackson would presumably choose the 5 white guys.
I suppose the charges of racism against you are not completely true then.
Yes that is correct. This forum is just so cool and if I get banned it would be a disaster for me.
Hmm while I was aware this would be an inflammatory question. A stupid question? yes pherhaps depends on who you ask. for me it was an interesting one. Though i fail to understand why it would be a hard one to answer.The variables are given in the OP very very clearly.
from what I gathered , this was an offensive question, …I should have given more variables such as clothing etc etc…well yes that would have been possible but by opening that door my question would have been impossible to formualte.
And with regards to people asking me “what about us non-whites” all I can say is that you should fell free to open up a new thread. I wasn’t interested in that aspect, But you have my blessings to open a new one
I was looking for hypocricy by asking this question…glad i was proven wrong by the wonderful people answering my question.
Now…what would I choose, the OP? -white males.
Of course it depends on where you are. I suppose if you wandered into the wrong neighborhood somewhere in Ulster, five black guys might be a relief.