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G_j
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Wed Apr-21-10 10:09 AM Original message |
Black & Latino Imprisonment Rates the Result of Racist, Punitive Impulse |
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ismnotwasm
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Wed Apr-21-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. This has been going on for a long time |
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G_j
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Wed Apr-21-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. agreed |
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Brewman_Jax
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Wed Apr-21-10 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is a demographic group |
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Bullet1987
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Wed Apr-21-10 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not surprising...marijuana incarcerations have skyrocketed |
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Taitertots
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Wed Apr-21-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
5. Do minorities commit more crimes per capita? |
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Brewman_Jax
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Wed Apr-21-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Blaming the victims? |
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Taitertots
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Wed Apr-21-10 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. That statistic is meaningless |
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Brewman_Jax
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Wed Apr-21-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What does that have to do with the question? |
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Taitertots
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Wed Apr-21-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Are they committing those crimes? |
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Brewman_Jax
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Wed Apr-21-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Did you? |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I read the study that the OP article references |
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Brewman_Jax
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. That doesn't answer the question |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Read tables 4 and 5 |
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Brewman_Jax
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Thu Apr-22-10 04:18 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Read the discussion and the conclusions |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Read the actual data and think for yourself about it |
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Brewman_Jax
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Thu Apr-22-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. So, you know better than the study's authors? |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I can't make you think for yourself |
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Brewman_Jax
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Comprehension problems, eh? |
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Taitertots
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Sat Apr-24-10 12:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Read it yourself |
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Brewman_Jax
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Sat Apr-24-10 08:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. You read it |
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Taitertots
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Sat Apr-24-10 08:51 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Don't bother thinking, Just take their word for it |
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Brewman_Jax
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Sat Apr-24-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Show your work |
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Taitertots
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Sat Apr-24-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Don't bother to think for yourself, unquestioningly support "experts", they have never been wrong |
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Brewman_Jax
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Sat Apr-24-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That's not the topic of the report |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Wed Apr-21-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. no, when white vs black involved in criminal act at every step of the process the black is |
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Hello_Kitty
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Wed Apr-21-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. This is especially true with drugs. |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Wed Apr-21-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. yep. Things have got to change |
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NYC_SKP
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Wed Apr-21-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Not to mention more likely to be stopped, investigated, and accused before an arrest is even made. |
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erpowers
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Thu Apr-22-10 09:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Watched A Show About Seizures |
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marshall
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Thu Apr-22-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
41. I think economic status would play a big part in who does the crimes |
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sixmile
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Wed Apr-21-10 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
6. Bureau of Federal Prisons Quick Fact page |
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Caliman73
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Thu Apr-22-10 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. I am sure that the stats are similar in states too. |
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Solly Mack
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Wed Apr-21-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. k/r |
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aikoaiko
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Wed Apr-21-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'll have to read the actual study, but I'm not sure this "settles it" as alternet says |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Apr-21-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. There are two explanations that fit the data. |
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aikoaiko
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Wed Apr-21-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There may be more options |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. You are creating a false dilemma |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Thu Apr-22-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. So what are the other options? |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. The confluence of factors outside of their control.. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Thu Apr-22-10 04:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. So you're saying poor people are criminal untermensch. |
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Taitertots
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Thu Apr-22-10 05:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. No, you are saying that |
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MellowDem
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Thu Apr-22-10 04:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Social conditions play a big part of it... |
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Fumesucker
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:05 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Given the fact that the land of the free has the highest incarceration rate on the planet, bar none. |
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aikoaiko
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. It depends on why black Americans are disproportionately represented in prisons.... |
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Fumesucker
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So the highest incarceration rate on the planet is not enough for you? |
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aikoaiko
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Thu Apr-22-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. THE overall rate is not really what we're discussing, but if since you ask |
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MellowDem
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Thu Apr-22-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. At the same time, we are "safer" than ever... |
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Romulox
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Thu Apr-22-10 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
22. The War on (people who use) Drugs is the new Jim Crow. |
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Caliman73
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Thu Apr-22-10 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
38. The drug war itself is a product of racist social policies so.... |
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greencharlie
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Thu Apr-22-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
43. can't buy into it, sorry. nt |
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G_j
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Sat Apr-24-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. that's it? |
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