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> Even though research shows people of all races are about equally likely to have broken the law by growing, smoking, or selling marijuana, black people are muc
by RodericDay 11y ago
> Even though research shows people of all races are about equally likely to have broken the law by growing, smoking, or selling marijuana, black people are much more likely to have been arrested for it.
- fiatmoney 11y agoAnd? If Italians are much more likely to be arrested for illegal bookmaking & racketeering due to targeted efforts to take them down, does that mean it's a great idea to let Fat Tony with a felony conviction, a ball-peen hammer and a shitload of shady friends he has unclear relationships with open a casino?
- RodericDay 11y agoIt's a better idea than letting equally-as-dirty-but-white-and-uncaught Joe Trustfund take over in his absence. The former at least equalizes the second-order race issue, whereas yours naively compounds it.
- kennywinker 11y agoA teenager with a weed possession conviction is not a mobster.
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- jccc 11y agoYour analogy requires: A. the person to have convictions for dealing, not just possession, and B. mobster-era Italians to be just about as likely to engage in illegal bookmaking and racketeering as the general population, and C. a history of hundreds of years of imposing underclass status on Italians (like that imposed on African Americans), with modern-day policing skewed very heavily against them.
- Lawtonfogle 11y agoAnother poster has raised the claim that this only holds true for questions related to certain time frames. But even ignoring that and assuming this was fully for racist reasons, should that have any impact on those choosing to hire people? Even if the justice system is racist, that is a problem that belongs to the justice system.