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In reply to the discussion: Another reason for mass shootings [View all]X_Digger
(18,585 posts)Let's take page 1 of mother jone's spreadsheet, shall we?
Number of shooters by race:
Total: 115
White : 65
Black : 20
Latino : 10
Asian : 8
Native American : 3
Other (which seems to be mixed, unknown, or mutiple shooters) : 6
From https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045218
US breakdown by race:
White alone, percent : 76.5%
Black or African American alone, percent(a) : 13.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent(a) : 1.3%
Asian alone, percent(a) : 5.9%
65/115 = 56% of shooters are white
20/115 = 17% of shooters are black
10/115 = 8.7% of shooters are latino
8/115 = 7% of shooters are asian
3/115 = 2.6% of shooters are native american
The last time I did this analysis (sometime around aurora), whites represented 77-78% of shooters. It seems things have changed.