Who Gets Stopped & Frisked in New York City?

Who Gets Stopped & Frisked in New York City? (LINK)
courtesy of @heidifessenden and @jennalaib

Type of Graph: stacked bar graph

Source: New York Times

Potential Math Content: ratios, percentages, fractions, stacked bar graph

Potential Content Connections: social justice, race, social policy, police, paired text

Further Reading:

• Map of Where People Are Stopped, Questions, and Frisked (New York Times, July 11, 2010)
• “A Few Blocks, 4 Years, and 52,000 Police Stops” by Ray Rivera, Al Baker, and Janet Roberts (New York Times, July 11, 2010)

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