LuckyNumber7
Blue Crack Addict
No, because it's just fucking stupid. That woman has a way better chance of dying in a car crash or being murdered by a fellow black person (literally millions of times better chances).
Literally?
I know what you're getting at, but I think you're taking the wrong approach. And you shouldn't be criticizing the people for what you might view as an irrational fear.
You know, like perhaps a fear of flying. Or a fear of a shark attack. Im sure everyone has heard at least one of the stat facts about those irrational fears. You have more of a chance of dying in a car accident than a plane crash and it's not even close. You have more of a chance of dying from a coconut falling on your head than a shark attack. Or whatever that second one is.
Is the person to blame? Is it the media? Probably.
Or is it just that when you have something uncontrollable and you're vulnerable, it's particularly more scary? You know. Like, a fear police officers killing you is scary because they're supposed to do the opposite. It's irrational from a statistical perspective, but not people do have uncontrollable fears. If I can control my car and choose when to stop and how fast I go, it's a little bit safer "feeling" than being suspended 8 miles in the air hurling at 500 miles an hour.