I think you are mistaking Sorenson's opinion of the situation with the facts of the matter. Studies have shown consistently that disparities in the prison popu

I think you are mistaking Sorenson's opinion of the situation with the facts of the matter. Studies have shown consistently that disparities in the prison population are due to disparities in offending. I know you did not explicitly argue against this idea but I do think you inferred that his position was correct and decried others for "conspiratorial" thinking. It's good to remember that we are all vulnerable to this sort of half-baked thinking. Even though most people think they're the only rational person in the room. --- > The problem of racial and ethnic disproportionality in imprisonment appears to be less about criminal justice practitioner racism but rather societal inequities that foster higher rates of serious, especially violent, crime among blacks and to a lesser extent, Hispanics. These inequities include racial segregation and isolation and the resulting concentration of disadvantage in black and Hispanic communities. Such structural disadvantage, in turn, has long been linked to higher rates of violent crime.[1] 1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111266/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111266/