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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
Here's the problem I have and why I look at things the way I do. There are racist people in this world - some in high positions - but sometimes people use the race card to mask the bigger problem and I don't see how that is productive.
Suggesting that XXX amount of whites are drug users and XX amount of Africans Americans are drug user but twice as many African Americans are in jail on drug charges
That's such a simple statement and to suggest that because of the above is all because African Americans get unfair treatment in the courts - is your only conclusion - that to me is not productive - it may be part of the problem, but the problem is way greater than just the race card.
500+ black on black killings in Chicago in the last year.......
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I think that's massively over simplifying things, and also ignoring a hell of a lot and pretending that these statements are conclusions based in opinion when in fact they are supported by significant research.
Here's a study found with a quick google search:
http://www.asanet.org/images/press/d...ARaceCrime.pdf
Here's part of the conclusion: "Without a doubt, great racial disparities and overrepresentation of minorities exist at all decision points in criminal justice processing, and have significant social consequences, but they may not all reflect race biases."
Not all instances of disparate treatment are based upon bias, but many certainly are.
On a related matter, let's go back to the question I asked earlier regarding poverty, do you believe that race has anything to do with the degree of poverty among minority populations?
I'm also not sure what relevance the number of black on black killings has. What are you trying to point out? That there is significant violent crime in ghettos? That minorities often live in these ghettos?