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Overlay economic data on the race and the picture will change the story from racism to what I like to call "Being Poor is illegal in the US"
by geggam 8y ago
Overlay economic data on the race and the picture will change the story from racism to what I like to call "Being Poor is illegal in the US"
- isolli 8y agoNot quite: have a look at these charts [0]. I believe that such a massive disparity in arrest rates between blacks and whites cannot be explained just by economic factors. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-b...
- freyir 8y agoMarijuana arrests account for 0.7% of the prison population. It would be interesting to see the figures for other types of arrest.
- geggam 8y agoHere is a study you might find interesting to add to yours https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/income.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/income.html