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[–] Fuckmesilly 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm having trouble understanding this table. How many white women are murdered by white men, and how many white men kill other white men?

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[–] Oveass 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

Data like that can't be read from this table. You cannot combine race with gender for the attacker or victim from this table. So you can read race -> gender or gender -> race but never race + gender -> race + gender.

The op is wrong in claiming white males are the victims most often. It is however correct to claim that whites and males get murdered most. So you could say "white males" get murdered most. But that wouldn't necessarily be true (it might be, but the data doesn't allow you to read this). To illustrate 4k males get murdered and 3k whites get murdered. So are all the 3k whites male? 2.5k blacks get murdered. An argument could be made that to reach 4k males you use 2.2k blacks and 1.8k whites so more black males get murdered.

I mean; the trend is there: whites and males get killed most. But not necessarily white males, unless we can find the underlying raw data and search on both at the same time.