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re: Why are most crimes committed by minorities?
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:50 pm to sorantable
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:50 pm to sorantable
But seriously... I don't have an answer for you. Some argue that it's because police and court are biased to charge/prosecute minorities more so than they are whites. Another explanation people like to use is that laws are structured to punish minorities and not whites, an example being the far more severe penalties for crack cocaine than pure cocaine.
I think that's true to a certain extent, but the truth is minorities generally are committing more crimes and no one really knows why.
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Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:52 pm to Bama Bird
And of course, there's no one real answer.
Posted on 12/16/13 at 9:56 pm to Bama Bird
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Another explanation people like to use is that laws are structured to punish minorities and not whites, an example being the far more severe penalties for crack cocaine than pure cocaine.
Crack is way more addictive than pure cocaine, probably the reason for that.
What gets more minorities in trouble with drugs is they are always involved in selling the drugs. White people most of the time just buy the drug which is way less risky because your name is not out on the street.
It's easy to pick up a dime sack and take it home to smoke. It isn't easy to hide drugs constantly while people all over the area know you're the dopeman and can rat you out at any time.
Posted on 12/16/13 at 10:08 pm to Bama Bird
Here's my opinion, and if you disagree with it then whatever.
The crimes for minorities, blacks in particular, is astonishing. Use whatever excuse you want, but it is a fact.
I personally think that it's the US government's policies as a whole over the course of several generations that are at fault, in many different ways.
In the south in particular, you had a much higher employment rate if blacks up until the 60s vs today. Albiet, the jobs were shitty, but nonetheless they were working at a much higher rate. In the 60s, we saw all the civil rights movements and the government mandated social reforms. All of these things did a great deal of good in granting blacks rights that they had before been denied, but they also brought about a sense of entitlement. Many realized that they could not work and gain better wages than they did beforehand, and that morphed into a culture that was more damaging than was forseen.
Today after a couple of generations of this lifestyle,young blacks have increasingly become bitter towards the treatment seen during the pre-civil rights era and want no part of what they see as respectable American lifestyle as deemed by their White superiors. It all goes back to bitterness over the past, which whites as a whole are much to blame.
It discourages me knowing the advantages blacks have these days with employment, scholarship, etc, and knowing that they are in large part going to waste.
This obviously doesn't go for all blacks, many are living full potential lives. I just hope the problem can get batter during my lifetime, and hopefully political leaders find a solution, because over the last 50 years it has gradually gotten worse.
The crimes for minorities, blacks in particular, is astonishing. Use whatever excuse you want, but it is a fact.
I personally think that it's the US government's policies as a whole over the course of several generations that are at fault, in many different ways.
In the south in particular, you had a much higher employment rate if blacks up until the 60s vs today. Albiet, the jobs were shitty, but nonetheless they were working at a much higher rate. In the 60s, we saw all the civil rights movements and the government mandated social reforms. All of these things did a great deal of good in granting blacks rights that they had before been denied, but they also brought about a sense of entitlement. Many realized that they could not work and gain better wages than they did beforehand, and that morphed into a culture that was more damaging than was forseen.
Today after a couple of generations of this lifestyle,young blacks have increasingly become bitter towards the treatment seen during the pre-civil rights era and want no part of what they see as respectable American lifestyle as deemed by their White superiors. It all goes back to bitterness over the past, which whites as a whole are much to blame.
It discourages me knowing the advantages blacks have these days with employment, scholarship, etc, and knowing that they are in large part going to waste.
This obviously doesn't go for all blacks, many are living full potential lives. I just hope the problem can get batter during my lifetime, and hopefully political leaders find a solution, because over the last 50 years it has gradually gotten worse.
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