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Pointing out the racial bias of our sentencing laws and the selectivity over how harshly various crimes are punished isn't itself racist.
by 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 agoI’m sorry what about our sentencing laws are racist? Please provide me with some examples.
- lamontcg 3y agoI'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 agoYou 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.