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White collar crimes. Meanwhile if you are a black man robbing a store you can be behind bars for 10 years.

• 8ytecoder 3y ago
  What I’ve come to accept is that white collar crime “feels” distant to an average person. Even if some bank exec cooks up a way to steal a few dollars an account to the tune of millions or even if I’m phished $10k out out of my investment account, it doesn’t “feel” the same as knowing someone robbed my neighbor and pistol-butted them for a $1000 iPhone.
  • ipqk 3y ago
    One of the biggest "white-collar" crimes is wage-theft, which certainly isn't distant at all from the average worker.
  • fakedang 3y ago
    Easy, your life wasn't threatened in the former, like it usually is in the latter. If I'm not mistaken, most of the charges are associated with the intention to commit a murder, threatening, extortion, etc. and not actual theft. I assume (and this is completely hypothetical) that if I were to politely rob a grocery store with a smile and a veiled threat (reminds me of that scene with Clooney), I wouldn't have to face a high sentence.
• diogenescynic 3y ago
  >Meanwhile if you are a black man robbing a store you can be behind bars for 10 years. Maybe 30 years ago and entirely depends on the context--robbery generally involves the use of force or weapon. However, I regularly see shoplifting, open drug use, and other crimes that cops won't even come out for. I had someone hit and run on my car and the 911 dispatcher told me to file a 311 complaint.