I agree that it is a numerically anomaly but it is not "numerically impossible" that more back people are committing more crimes than white people. If black people committed 100% of the crimes, I would imagine the racial makeup of the prisons would be 100% black.
Like I said earlier, and Lamberto addressed this issue a bit too, whites had head start accumulating wealth vs. everyone else. Therefore, the majority of of rich people today are white. Due to this, our class lines and racial lines tend to be similar to one another. The higher proportion of blacks in prison has MORE (not all) to do with their representation of the lower class than it does of them being black.
The justice system is blatantly and openly in favor of rich people, but nowhere is it blatantly or openly in favor of white people. Look at the difference in jail time between crack and cocaine sentencing, or armed robbery and embezzlement, robbing a 7-11 vs. “white collar” robbery. The justice system is setup at its root to direct its justice towards the lower class.
I am not saying that doesn't being black isn't a disadvantage when you are dealing with a white cop, but I am saying it’s MORE of a disadvantage to be caught with crack/not enough money for anything but a Public Defender by ANY type of cop, regardless of your race
Without numbers to back that up, this is nothing more than your assumption.
If racism DOES exist on the institutional level you are arguing, in your opinion, is the US more likely to have a poor president or a black president?
If institutional racism was how you say it is, it would be incomprehensible to have the very figure head of this institutionally racist society be the very type of person that the racism is predominantly projected towards.
@Lamberto, I see what you are saying and we are having somewhat of a chicken and egg argument here but I will try to get back to you after I do some work so I don't get fired lol.
Like I said earlier, and Lamberto addressed this issue a bit too, whites had head start accumulating wealth vs. everyone else. Therefore, the majority of of rich people today are white. Due to this, our class lines and racial lines tend to be similar to one another. The higher proportion of blacks in prison has MORE (not all) to do with their representation of the lower class than it does of them being black.
The justice system is blatantly and openly in favor of rich people, but nowhere is it blatantly or openly in favor of white people. Look at the difference in jail time between crack and cocaine sentencing, or armed robbery and embezzlement, robbing a 7-11 vs. “white collar” robbery. The justice system is setup at its root to direct its justice towards the lower class.
I am not saying that doesn't being black isn't a disadvantage when you are dealing with a white cop, but I am saying it’s MORE of a disadvantage to be caught with crack/not enough money for anything but a Public Defender by ANY type of cop, regardless of your race
Without numbers to back that up, this is nothing more than your assumption.
If racism DOES exist on the institutional level you are arguing, in your opinion, is the US more likely to have a poor president or a black president?
If institutional racism was how you say it is, it would be incomprehensible to have the very figure head of this institutionally racist society be the very type of person that the racism is predominantly projected towards.
@Lamberto, I see what you are saying and we are having somewhat of a chicken and egg argument here but I will try to get back to you after I do some work so I don't get fired lol.
