Understanding Per Capita
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Understanding Per Capita refers to a series of memes that ridicule people failing to grasp the per capita distribution in statistics, and have been primarily used to target Black people in online arguments. The per capita memes have been used similarly to The Breakfast Question and other dogwhistle memes.
Origin
Per capita is a Latin phrase literally meaning "per person." In statistics, per capita means that the provided distribution is normalized per size of each represented group. For example: the absolute amount of money spent daily by group A is $10,000, and the absolute amount of money spent by group B is $100,000. However, if group A consists of 10 people and group B consists of 500 people, then group A spends $1,000 daily per capita , and group B spends $200 daily per capita.
On October 8th, 2017, X[1] / Twitteruser @millze2010 wrote, "Like I said per capita is a system that whites created to look less violent while making us look more violent" (shown below) The screenshot of the post was shared on imageboards[2] and forums[3] in the following years.
On January 3rd, 2022, an anonymous 4chan[4] user created a /pol/ thread in which they wrote that Black people did not understand the concept of "per capita," with the thread garnering over 90 replies (shown below, left). On September 5th that year, an anonymous user created another thread in /pol/[5] about people having issues understanding statistical averages and per capita, with the thread garnering 320 replies (shown below, right).
![71KiB, 1248x1504, 1618182485529.png View Same OCR Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Anonymous [98 / 15/64] ID: /ixYeWpo Mon 03 Jan 2022 04:59:35 No.354778101 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>354778174 >>354778217 >>354778228 >>354778230 >>354778234 >>354778267 >>354778309 >>354778365 >>354778539 >>354778679 >>354778745 >>354778880 >>354779564 >>354780105 >>354780252 >>354780754 >>354780813 >>354780827 >>354780904 >>354781745 >>354781802 >>354783309 >>354783855 >>354784591 >>354785263 >>354786229 >>354787634 >>354787799 >>354788324 >>354788541 >>354789618 >>354789697 >>354789709 What are some things that black people don't understand? This is not a racism/bantz thread, I simply want to compile an accurate, politically-relevant list so we can better understand the different races. I'll start >"per capita"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/760/196/667.jpg "What are some things that black people don't understand? I'll Start: Per Capita")
![Anonymous ID: kvKJcRim Mon 05 Sep 2022 07:11:10 No.393945418 View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>393945693 >>393945764 >>393945869 >>393946444 >>393946591 >>393947080 >>393947328 >>393947543 >>393947843 >>393947938 >>393948515 >>393948962 >>393949030 >>393949116 >>393949137 >>393949652 >>393949779 >>393950196 >>393950569 >>393950737 >>393955135 >>393955391 >>393955631 >>393955691 >>393955692 >>393955755 >>393955761 >>393956695 >>393956755 >>393957385 >>393957582 >>393957686 >>393957965 >>393958106 >>393958408 >>393958454 >>393960443 >>393960725 >>393961384 >>393961388 >>393961588 >>393961686 >>393962135 >>393962359 >>393962459 >>393962804 >>393962898 >>393963172 >>393963314 >>393963360 >>393963515 >>393964023 >>393964077 >>393964100 >>393964176 >>393964642 >>393964783 >>393965466 >>393966907 >>393966983 >>393967920 >>393968936 >>393969196 >>393969735 >>393969759 >>393971147 >>393971388 >>393973664 >>393973946 >>393974115 >>393975306 >>393975392 The easiest and quickest way to test someone's intelligence is to make a generalized statement about a group. View Same 234KiB, 1240x1058, fdvcvxvcx.jpg SauceNAO Google iqdb Trace [320 / 53 / 157] ↓ Say something like "asian men are shorter on average" if they say any variation of "not all asian men are short" or "I know a tall asian guy" you are dealing with someone genuinely low IQ. They have proven that they aren't intelligent enough to understand abstract ideas like a statistical average or per capita. Why else would they think bringing up an exception like it was some profound statement? They literally CAN NOT understand abstracts, no attempt at rationalizing or explaining yourself will increase their IQ.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/760/197/572.jpg "The easiest and quickest way to test someone's intelligence is to make a generalized statement about a group.")
Spread
Screenshots of the latter thread saw viral spread online in the following years. For instance, on September 22nd, 2022, Redditor Quelzalquartz posted it to the /r/4chan[6] subreddit, where the screenshot garnered over 3,300 upvotes in two years. On May 30th, 2023, iFunny[7] user aphroditesdaughter posted it, gaining over 12,200 smiles on the platform in one year.
On December 15th, 2022, X[8] user @BasedPeterP posted a meme that received over 120 reposts and 1,000 likes and saw further spread through reposts.[9]
Memes about not understanding per capita achieved significant spread on 4chan and X / Twitter in May and June 2023, following the popularity of The Breakfast Question, Smoke Detector Beeping and other similar memes ridiculing Black people (examples shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Archive.is – @millze2010
[2] AngerGeneral – Are per capita crime stats an invention of racist white people?
[3] 4plebs – /pol/ Post #156223500
[4] 4plebs – /pol/ Thread #354778101
[5] 4plebs – /pol/ Thread #393945418
[6] Reddit – Anon on Generalized Statements
[7] iFunny – aphroditesdaughter
[8] X – @BasedPeterP
[9] iFunny – PunishedMajorLee
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![The Most Preferred Fruit mangoes apples grape bananak oranges WELL... ACCORDING TO DIS, PER CAPITA... MO PEOPLES LIKE MANGO00ES... WHUT?! Y'ALL DON'T UNDERSTAND PER CAPITA?! 418KiB, 828x834, 1672149654373422.png View Same Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace [311 / 106/152] Anonymous ID: 99CKB+c7 Fri 22 Dec 2023 21:28:01 No.452778828 View Reply Original Repor t Quoted By: >>452778981 >>452779136 >>452779141 >>452779144 >>452779187 >>452779250 >>452779275 >>452779318 >>452779394 >>452779508 >>452779594 >>452779619 >>452779790 >>452780116 >>452780132 >>452780167 >>452780294 >>452780341 >>452780399 >>452780774 >>452780815 >>452780991 >>452782183 >>452785354 >>452785905 >>452787828 >>452788213 >>452788449 >>452788551 >>452788590 >>452788605 >>452788639 >>452788888 >>452789105 >>452790092 >>452790345 >>452791242 >>452791270 >>452791512 >>452791618 >>452791636 >>452791813 >>452791972 >>452792111 >>452792144 >>452792308 >>452792421 >>452792624 >>452792896 >>452793045 >>452793172 >>452793832 >>452794122 >>452794282 >>452794292 >>452794349 >>452794900 >>452795535 >>452795843 >>452796582 >>452796709 >>452797585 >>452799324 "Per capita" is a bad argument for white supremacy. I want you to understand just how much Black twitter is making fun of you for this lack in understanding you have.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/760/211/477.jpg "\"Per capita\" is a bad argument for white supremacy")
![View Same Mike Diggs According to the census, 61% of single mothers are Avion The À PLUM Search: Reng They gave you We Beger This watch s DEM 200 Tot you kial 187KiB, 595x747, file.png Google iqdb SauceNAO Trace Black people don't [369/75/ 177] understand per capita Anonymous ID: JroS62hb Fri 08 Dec 2023 15:37:01 No.451291595 >>451296806 >>451297295 >>451297394 >>451297522 >>451297892 >>451298269 >>451299233 >>451299324 >>451300121 >>451301043 >>451301186 >>451301415 >>451301873 >>451302679 >>451302837 >>451304371 >>451305205 >>451305661 >>451305814 >>451306281 >>451306308 >>451306641 >>451306923 >>451307502 >>451308066 >>451309570 >>451309837 >>451309923 >>451310118 >>451310253 >>451311370 >>451311483 >>451311710 >>451312236 >>451312404 >>451312427 >>451312453 >>451312752 >>451312793 >>451312875 https://nitter.net/iSeeRacist/status/1733178575820587382#m https://nitter.net/MikeBaggz/status/1733157894470701454#m View Reply Original Report Quoted By: >>451291690 >>451291790 >>451291801 >>451291884 >>451292439 >>451293149 >>451293157 >>451293326 >>451293897 >>451294357 >>451294530 >>451294701 >>451294775 >>451294874 >>451295146 >>451295448 >>451295642 >>451296083 >>451296470 I've been laughing at this for 10 minutes, they even have some memes to post when a white person tries to explain per capita to them. There are a bunch of whites trying to explain it to them and it's like they're talking to a brick wall, I'll follow up with some screenshots. I don't have much else to add besides some link examples: https://nitter.net/search?f=tweets&q=black+per+capita&since=&until=&near=](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/760/209/aad.jpg "Black people don't understand per capita")
![Mike Baggz @MikeBaggz Dec 8, 2023 According to the census, 61% of single mothers are white. According to Census single parents statistics by race (2021), 61% of single mothers are white. (2) Single Parents Mothers 61% 31% 3% White Black Asian Other Fathers 73% 18% 3% 6% 1.6K The single mother ethnicity statistics show the majority of 61% (5,362,000) of single mothers being white, 31% (2,682,000) black, 3% (242,000) Asian, and 5% (479,000) of other races and combinations. J Alston @TheJalston 13.5K 5% 8K 11:19 AM · Dec 8, 2023. 114.4K Views ill 2.2M They're gonna hit you w/ "per capita" fam until you want to throw your phone smh ⠀ ←] ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/002/760/208/bc9.jpg "They’re gonna hit you w/ “per capita” fam until you want to throw your phone smh")
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