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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While I don't agree with gross generalizations, this isn't a good argument.

People stereotype black males as being dangerous that's true.  The sad part about this is that 1 our of 3 black men will spend time in prison in their lifetimes.  In DC, I believe it's over 50%.   A lot of people take this as proof that the system is biased against blacks, but when the FBI does their crime victimization survey every year, the proportion of blacks who are reported committing crimes matches very closely with the numbers being prosecuted and convicted.  While this doesn't say that there isn't some unfairness in the system, it does strongly suggest that the percentages getting convicted are proportional to the people committing the crimes.  The proportion of "white child molesting, pill popping, serial killers" is absolutely miniscule in comparison, which is why it's not a fair comparison.  When a significant proportion of the white male population are serial killers or child molesters we can talk.[/quote]

So if it's true people stereotype black males as being dangerous and criminal then doesn't it suggest that they will be more disproportionately arrested?  Cop sees a white guy walking down the street carrying a flat screen tv he asks him if he needs help; cop sees a black guy doing the same, he stops him frisks him and asks where he got it while calling for backup.  That's why more blacks are reported commuting crimes and get in confrontations with the police in the first place.  It's not that whites are more law-abiding it's just they aren't immediately seen as suspects and subsequently are better able to avoid arrest.  The fact of the matter is that whiteness presumes innocence and blackness presumes guilt.  [/quote]

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