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Originally Posted by Danzig
Thats nice
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I'm sure that is all you can say when the evidence contradicts your opinion. That is hilarious. I post research that shows you are totally wrong, and the only response you can come up with is, "That's nice".
With regard to incarceration rates, that doesn't prove anything. If you have one group who is committing a disproportionate amount of crime, that group will obviously make up a disproportionate amount of the people in jail.
With regard to drugs specifically, there is an obvious reason why more people of color are arrested for drugs, and it is not because of the color of their skin. In the inner cities, there are drug dealers selling drugs on the streets and in alleys. You have people doing drugs in the street. You don't have that in nice neighborhoods. For example, if you have some white guy who is doing some drugs at his $5 million mansion in Beverly Hills, how is he going to get caught? It would be almost impossible for him to get caught. On the other hand, if you have some white guy trying to buy drugs on the street in south-central LA, I'm sure he would be just as likely to be arrested as a black guy.
With regard to your comment about meeting people from every demographic, I guarantee that I meet way more people than you from different ethnicities and demographics. Los Angeles is one of the most diverse cities in the country. Not only do I guarantee that I meet way more people of color than you, I guarantee that I spend way more time talking to them than you. What I am posting is based on my experience, and the research backs up what I say. The people of color that I know do not experience a significant amount of discrimination. And the research shows the same thing. With regard to black people specifically, most black people say that they are not discriminated against when it comes to getting jobs, housing, schools, etc.