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I hope you are not claiming that these states implemented these laws for racist reasons. Is that your claim? In USA, 1.1% of blacks are incarcerated, compared
by jessaustin 5y ago
I hope you are not claiming that these states implemented these laws for racist reasons. Is that your claim?
In USA, 1.1% of blacks are incarcerated, compared to 0.02% of whites. [0] Obviously the average black person does not commit 55 times the amount of crime of the average white person. Is this system something other than racist?
[0] https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/10/30/prisoners_in_2019/ https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/10/30/prisoners_in_20...
- commandlinefan 5y ago10 times more men than women are in prison. Is this system something other than sexist?
- jessaustin 5y agoThe men-women multiplier shouldn't be 10 (or 20, or whatever), so yes that is sexist. However, men's violence does seem to physically hurt people more often, and some studies suggest that young men are more prone to risky behavior than young women, so the existence of a multiplier itself isn't necessarily sexist. No similar statistical backing for a black-white multiplier exists. I can't say I'm shocked to see a conservative argument that relies on ignoring the difference between 10 and 55. Innumerate sophist says what?