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Five Myths of the 'Racist' Criminal Justice System

gwells Wrote: Apr 19, 2012 2:27 AM

I wonder whether an anti-racist, that is someone who accuses white people of being racists, might want to hide the race of someone who assaulted him if that person was not white. I wonder. An anti-racist is a committed to an idea rather than people, so he might receive more pleasure by supporting his idea by being right rather than by telling the truth. I wonder.

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AZYaateeh Wrote: Apr 19, 2012 3:34 AM

Probably in only a few cases.

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Five Myths of the 'Racist' Criminal Justice System

Calling America's criminal justice system "racist" is not confined to "civil rights leaders" like the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Then-Sen. Barack Obama, during the 2008 presidential campaign, said it, too. Blacks and whites, said Obama, "are arrested at very different rates, are convicted at very different rates (and) receive very different sentences ... for the same crime."

When the man who became president of the United States says this -- the No. 1 law enforcement officer -- it must, therefore, be true.

Let's examine five major assumptions behind this assertion.

1) Blacks are arrested at higher rates compared to...

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