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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
I love how people are complaining about this when Black people have been subject to racism and unfair jailing in American Jails for decades upon decades.
It has been proven that a black person will spend more time in jail for the same crime as a white person and then comes along lawyers who not only want to get rid of the racism in the courts, they want the judges to consider the racism they've faced their entire lives as well as the entire lives of their parents and grandparents and now people are outraged.
I don't see any problem with this. A lot of the crimes the people of the black community commit is a direct result of the way they've been treated for hundreds of years.
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why are you painting all people of colour with the same brush? not all black people in Canada grew up here and were victims of racism their entire lives, and have been for hundreds of years.
people do come here form other countries you know, and they commit crimes.
you can't just say "black". that doesn't mean anything without proper context.
or should the judge also take into account the country of origin and their cultural norms when deciding on sentencing? maybe the rule of law in the countries they came from?
in general, do women and white people of middle class or upper class get more leniency than poor persons of colour? of course they do. and it isn't right.
but the answer to this isn't by some knee-jerk white guilt response and a blanket law.
taking into account an individuals upbringing would be more appropriate than just taking into account the persons colour.
besides, you're so concerned about black people. how about other "colors"?
haven't the Chinese, Japanese, pakistani people, etc, also faced racism for hundreds of years? you don't care about them?