Friday, July 22, 2011

Race and the 10 most wanted fugitives in Texas

For some reason, the Texas Department of Public Safety lists many Hispanic fugitives as white which has the effect of overstating the white crime rate while understating the Hispanic one. Gaspar Loya, Javier Morin, Ernesto Alonso Garcia, Robert Barrera, Alfonso Gomez Quiroz and Ricardo Zunigo are all classified on the Texas 10 most wanted fugitive list as white even though it seems more likely that they have Mexican or other Latin American ancestry.

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