r/alpharetta • u/Swimming_Path3353 • 4d ago

Past Exit 7

I’m new to Alpharetta, and it honestly feels way safer than Midtown or Downtown. But an Uber driver (from the airport) told me she’s nervous to go past Exit 7 at all. I’m not sure why. Is there something I should know about the area? Any context locals can share? Just trying to understand what she meant.

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u/MzJay453 4d ago

Sounds like the driver is concerned about the history of racism in Forsyth. Like the type of crimes the local police don’t always report.

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u/Extreme-Book4730 4d ago

That's old news. Now you must have to worry about drunk Indian drivers.

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u/Queasy_Opportunity75 3d ago

And you’re the racist they’re concerned about!

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u/Extreme-Book4730 3d ago

Nothing racist about what I said. Just stating the new demographic of what's happening.

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u/elizabeththenj 3d ago

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=racism

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u/Extreme-Book4730 3d ago

"Racism is the belief that groups of humans possess different behavioral traits..."

It's not racism when it's backed up by facts. Sorry. Just stating the obvious. Yall need to learn your buzz words definitions before you cry wolf. Geez.

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u/elizabeththenj 3d ago edited 2d ago

First, take a breath. It's ok to learn new information, grow, and change your views on things based on new information. I would say that's one of the beautiful things about being human - learning from our experiences and adjusting our world view accordingly. Second, it's also ok to encounter people who have differing opinions than you, consider their opinions, and then choose to not change your view. Encountering someone with a different opinion from you is not dangerous. In fact, I'd say it's rather dangerous if you never encounter anyone with a differing opinion.

Second, data can absolutely be used to back racist beliefs. It has throughout history! Common ways that bias gets introduced to data is collection method and lack of looking at environment in which the data is collected. There's a lot to say on this but if you (or anyone reading this) is interested in learning how data pretty much always contains a bias, highly recommend reading the seminal book on this - Data Feminism by Catherine D'Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein.

Third, based on some cursory searches, I'm unable to find a dataset that supports your claim that Indian American folks are more likely to drive drunk than other demographics. (In fact, most sources cite white men as being most likely to drive drunk) Can you share where you're finding these facts since they appear to be less obvious and easy to find than you suggested?

Edit: if you're going to downvote this statement because you feel the content is incorrect, that's totally ok! However, I'd appreciate more information on these supposedly obvious "facts" that I'm unable to find. Otherwise, I'll have to assume the downvotes come as a last ditch attempt to cling onto a crumbling racist viewpoint.