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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
No, it's that there might just be areas where there is a higher rate of criminal activity by blacks than whites. So if everything else were perfectly equal there would obviously a higher rate of arrests of blacks than whites.
But few of those crying about "disparity" seem to give a damn about that. I guess we're just supposed to overlook X amount of criminal activity by blacks in order to keep their arrest/conviction/incarceration rates down.
Screw reality, let's just keep the math nice & neat.
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Of course then there is the middle ground where both of you are right.
What if Blacks do committ crimes at a higher rate than whites in a given community, and as result blacks get increased scrutiny.
That seems to be logical based on Jon's thought process. The law of unintended consequences states that then blacks will be arrested/ticketed at a higher rate than whites. Even the ones who arent "hardened criminals" since the crime rate is higher among one community as a result all members of that community get increased scrutiny. As a result you are more likely to get an average traffic ticket if you are black than if you are white.
Chicken meet egg and the cycle repeats.