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Risk Assessment Doesn't Eliminate Bias

The questions on risk assessments never ask directly about race or income. But the answers can end up being proxies for race and class anyway. For example, if you're a man without a high school diploma, you’re more likely to be poor and black or Hispanic. Same if you're single and don't have a job. Try different combinations of answers below to see how they skew toward different populations.

Sample questions
Based on these answers
194,523,620
Americans ages 18-64 would give these same answers, or 100% of the adult population. They ...
... are as likely to be black as U.S. adults overall.
... are as likely to be Hispanic as U.S. adults overall.
... earn as much as the median U.S. household.
Source: American Community Survey