Subj : Recent events 1.
To   : ROSS CASSELL
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Wed Jul 17 2013 14:58:14


 BK>>  She looked at the white woman sitting to my right, and said, "Oh
 BK>>  yes, I know her."

 BK>>  I pointed to my left and said, no, this is my wife.

 BK>>  Funny what we assume.

 RC> She was racist!!

 Oh, how wrong you are. Or do you really believe a significant
 number of white men are married to black women? Last I looked
 the black-white marriage percentage was about 2%, and the number
 of black men married to white women was twice the number of
 white men married to black women.

 IOW, the percentage likelihood was far greater for the white
 woman than the black woman. Like .66 percent. Less than 1 chance
 in 100. So, the probability of being right was 100 times greater
 for the inference she made. Remember, this woman last saw my
 wife when she was married to a black man. That, plus the fact
 that she grew up in an era when our marriage was not only
 extremely unlikely, but illegal in many states.



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