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> And by age 28, 41 percent of white men born into low-income families had criminal convictions, compared with 49 percent of the black men from similar backgrou
by fred_durst 12y ago
> And by age 28, 41 percent of white men born into low-income families had criminal convictions, compared with 49 percent of the black men from similar backgrounds.
Both of those numbers are insanely high. Especially when you realize that in the modern era of online background checks, their future employment options practically drop to zero at that point. By 28 close to half of the men from low income families were essentially unhireable for the rest of their lives. How is that sustainable for a country as a whole?
- mjevans 12y agoWelcome to the incarceration nation.
- dfxm12 12y agoYou're operating under the assumption that men with criminal backgrounds can't get work. Unfortunately some people do discriminate, but not everyone does. There are ways to combat this. 1) we learn that it is OK to hire people with previous criminal convictions 2) we change the prison system to successfully assimilate criminals back into society Probably most importantly: 3) we change drug laws so that holding small amounts of certain drugs becomes a misdemeanor
- wavefunction 12y agoI'd go further and say that holding small amounts of certain drugs becomes legal.