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I was with you on the first part of your comment, but being a racist doesn't add to the discussion here.

• lamontcg 3y ago
  Pointing out the racial bias of our sentencing laws and the selectivity over how harshly various crimes are punished isn't itself racist.
  • _2z1p 3y ago
    I’m sorry what about our sentencing laws are racist? Please provide me with some examples.
    • lamontcg 3y ago
      I'm not your paid researcher. Google "racial disparities in sentencing" and "racial disparities in criminal justice" for a start and then spend a few months reading.
    • alistairSH 3y ago
      You can start with the genesis of the war on drugs (hint: the Nixon administration wanted to lock up hippies and blacks, so they criminalized weed and heroin with insane sentencing guidelines). Follow up with disparities in prosecution and sentencing by race.