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Originally Posted by Gozer
The argument has also been presented that blacks are systematically kept in poverty by the Prison-Industrial complex for the purpose of preventing racial balancing of wealth.
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Has that argument ever been presented coherently? Just because someone makes an argument doesn't make it any good.
The cycle of poverty is terrible, but it also exists in racial groups in other countries. Are the private prisons keeping the native people here in poverty? How about the polynesians in Fiji? (Massively poorer than the Indian minority)
It doesn't seem likely, since neither us nor the Fijians have private prisons. Maybe there are other factors at play than some ridiculous conspiracy theory.