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  I'd guess since it's an established fact that the IRS audits lower economic classes for auditing because they don't have to contend with opposing lawyers or otherwise sophisticated targets, and black people are disproportionately in the lower economic class, it's an unintended consequence of IRS practices.
context: The findings do not suggest bias from individual tax enforcement agents, who do not know the race of the people they are auditing. They also do not suggest any valid reason for the I.R.S. to target Black Americans at such high rates; there is no evidence that group engages in more tax evasion than others.
  Instead, the findings document discrimination in the computer algorithms the agency uses to determine who is selected for an audit, according to the study by economists from Stanford University, the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago and the Treasury Department. >
  
  So, if the algorithm doesn't know the race of the filer... what's causing it to trigger on AA/Black population more than others?
  Sorry not assuming you know, just wanted somewhere to put the thought.