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Sliceitup wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:46 pm So your opinion is that the disparities exist because more black kids get arrested? How do you explain the disparities?

I have already answered this. Scroll back and read.

they do control for things like prior arrests. And that is one factor I shared. There are many others that can affect it. Again, many or arrested and sentenced by black officers, DAs and judges. I see it more of an inner city issue than a race issue. But racial disparities in criminal justice is no...

Yup.

Ken wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 12:10 am they do control for things like prior arrests.

And that is one factor I shared. There are many others that can affect it. Again, many or arrested and sentenced by black officers, DAs and judges. I see it more of an inner city issue than a race issue.

I'm not sure what the "disparity" is here. If you steal money, you should expect to get sentenced for it. If you want a lighter sentence, perhaps you should have a plan to pay it back in full quickly if you do get caught. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. And it...

I think there is only a small amount of public discrimination in our culture today. None if it is legal.

Ken wrote: ↑Tue Jul 04, 2023 4:21 pm
Actually that isn't really clear at all either. It comes down to the difference between de facto and de jure discrimination and how you draw the line between the two.

It is real clear to a lot of us.

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