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> More white people than black people are killed by police. > More white people are jailed for drug crimes. u sure about that

• leereeves 8y ago
  According to Human Rights Watch, 60-70% of people arrested for drug crimes each year between 1980-2007 were white. https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0309web_1.pdf https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/us0309web_1.... According to the Washington Post, roughly 50% of people shot by police are white, 25% are black. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shootings-2017/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/police-shoo...
  • tptacek 8y ago
    Your own citation clearly refutes your argument.
    • leereeves 8y ago
      No, you're arguing something different. Something I've already acknowledged multiple times. White people are more privileged overall. A fact that doesn't help poor white people at all. Their lives aren't any better just because you're privileged.
      • detcader 8y ago
        Have you ever read Noel Ignatiev's talk "The Point Is Not To Interpret Whiteness But To To Abolish It"? He talks about the issue of the position of poor whites in society, curious how you would feel about it. http://racetraitor.org/abolishthepoint.html http://racetraitor.org/abolishthepoint.html
        • leereeves 8y ago
          I'm in favor of abolishing the concept of race entirely. I used to think that we had a fair chance at achieving a post-racial society, until the left decided that's not what they want, Stephen Colbert mocked the idea, and activists demanded more and more attention be paid to race.