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> higher crime rates Source? Everything I've read suggests that crime rates are pretty much the same across race and ethnicity when controlling for economic st
by wjn0 7y ago
> higher crime rates
Source? Everything I've read suggests that crime rates are pretty much the same across race and ethnicity when controlling for economic status. The primary variable is contact with the justice system, i.e. getting caught.
- zchrykng 7y agoEverything I've read also indicates that it is mostly or entirely driven by economic status. White people who grow up poor and/or with single mothers are also highly likely to end up in prison compared to the normal population. This isn't about ethnicity, it is about economics and culture. It only disproportionately affects black people because of historical trends and welfare programs decades back that encouraged single parent homes, as was said in other comments.
- bsanr2 7y ago>White people who grow up poor and/or with single mothers are also highly likely to end up in prison compared to the normal population. They are, however, much less likely to be arrested, convicted, and sentenced to lengthy terms than similarly-situated black people. To be treated like a black person in the justice system, a white person must be some combination of much poorer, much less educated, and with a much longer criminal history. It is about race and ethnicity.
- iknowalot 7y agoAverage white US citizen has $1,000,000 in wealth, the average black person $500. Just had to own the plot of free land available to settlers (stolen from natives) for 100+ years to reach that mark $1m. No rocket science or brain surgery involved. This was planned maliciously, not an unintended consequence. If you learn anything about US history and the people who ran this country know that they wanted the outcomes we see (many south african partners of the US had similar goals). Blaming it on culture, family, IQ, etc has long been a cover for Europeans that have been robbing Africans for the better part of 6 centuries now. The Chinese & Indians were also tarred in a similar fashion when we were robbing them blind.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>Average white US citizen has $1,000,000 in wealth, the average black person $500. Knowing what we know about wealth distribution that just means there's less "crazy rich" black people.
- thrw90 7y agohttps://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differences-in-homicide-rates-are-poorly-explained-by-economics/ https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differe...
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