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Originally Posted by Danzig
Sure.
You post polls, i post stats and studies. I am sorry if you cannot read and understand those.. Keep living in your fantasy world tho. It sounds lovely there
And you cant guarantee a thing, not knowing my business.
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You post studies that prove nothing. You're the one who does not understand the studies. If a group is committing a disproportionate percentage of crime, that group will obviously make up a disproportionate percentage of the people in prison. In no way, do incarceration rates prove any type of racism or prejudice.
If one group is sentenced to longer prison terms than other groups for the same crime, I agree with you that this would be evidence of discrimination. Does this happen? From most of the evidence I have seen, I would say that this probably does happen. It is one of the only areas where people of color may actually be discriminated against. Is this a good thing? No, it's certainly not a good thing. A person's jail sentence should obviously be solely based on the crime, not on the perpetrator's race, religion, or gender.
As I said in a previous post, I am 3/4 Jewish by blood. If a Jewish friend of mine showed me a stat that Jewish white-collar criminals get slightly longer prison terms than non-Jewish white-collar criminals, do you know what my response would be? My response would be, "Don't commit any crimes and you won't have to worry about."
Life isn't always totally fair. Are you aware that studies show that men get much longer prison terms than women who commit the same crime? Is that fair? Probably not. But do I really care? No, not all. If my biggest problem in life is that I may get a slightly longer jail term than a woman, I wouldn't consider that a major problem. I'm not planning on holding any marches over the issue. I'm not planning on starting a group called, "Men's Lives Matter".