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The FBI dropped the whole "all serial killers are white guys" nonsense years ago. Makes this movie look stupid.

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You are correct and anyone trying to educate themself on real world criminology by watching a quarter century old thriller would be wise to read your words and beware...

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YEAH,THEY DROPPED IT....STILL ALMOST ALWAYS TRUE THOUGH.

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Please provide evidence supporting this.

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GACY,DAHMER,BUNDY...THE HALL OF FAMERS ARE ALL WHITE DUDES.

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Actually, the numbers line up, per capita, per "race," i.e., there's a proportionate number within each "race" (I would not be surprised, however, if in each case, the number of male serial killers greatly outnumbered the female serial killers; men just like to kill...).

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Why do you need to be provided with evidence that most serial killers are white when it’s blatantly obvious? I mean. . .here you go:

https://www.thrillist.com/lifestyle/nation/son-of-sam-jeffrey-dahmer-ted-bundy-the-most-notorious-serial-killers-from-every-state

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Unfortunately it is true that most serial killers are white males. Conversely most victims of serial killers are also white because most serial killers don't cross race lines in their victimology (some do)

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Why would it be "unfortunate"? You want non-Whites to be the majority of serial killers?

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Bad wording on my part. Simply put since most don’t cross race lines therefore most of the victims tend to be white.

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And an overwhelming majority of serial killers are White. Yet again, you fail to condemn this group. I wonder why.....

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Not sure who I'm supposed to be condemning.

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Depends how you define serial killer, but if you would include common white supremacist characteristics into the mix, this might change quite drastically.

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