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Why would that be counter-intuitive? Poor, marginalized communities suffer disproportionately from crime — and accordingly tend to promote pro-police policies.
by zmgsabst 3y ago
Why would that be counter-intuitive?
Poor, marginalized communities suffer disproportionately from crime — and accordingly tend to promote pro-police policies.
The only people who don’t recognize that are bourgeoisie who associate those communities with crime — and due to their own biases, assume they don’t want more police from a place of (near) total ignorance. Or who have their privileged sensibilities offended by the fact communities which suffer disproportionate crime also have disproportionate criminals — so try to sweep it under the rug with biased enforcement.
But those are luxury beliefs, reinforced with manufactured consent by bourgeois institutions: people actually suffering from crime tend to have considerably more practical beliefs.
- JohnFen 3y agoI don't have the numbers, but nothing you've said here correlates with my own observations and experiences. And yes, I spent a large portion of my life poor, living in poor and marginalized communities. Perhaps there are regional differences in play here.