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Old 11-24-2014, 09:45 PM   #1187
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Originally Posted by Acey View Post
Exactly... and the end result of this disparity, is that, on average, a young black man is 5 times more likely to die from gun violence than a white kid, and we're still talking about people vomitting at sporting events.
He's also far more likely to be stuck in a never-ending cycle of poverty. He's also far more likely to get the worst punishment possible for any crime he might commit. He's more likely to get a lengthy jail sentence for a minor drug charge. He's less likely to be hired even without a criminal record, and far less likely to be hired if he has one.

The gun violence against black men is a symptom of the much larger problem.
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