13% of Blacks in their late twenties are in prison

[KaneKungFu123]

that stinks. whats up with da brothas?

[J.DP]

Link?

In the US I actually thought it was higher.

[MarkL444]

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Link?

In the US I actually thought it was higher.

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are you kidding? thats a freakishly high number. show me proof.

[Broken Glass Can]

Whatever the number is, it raises the question:

What is wrong with their parents and community that allows so many willing criminals to develop?

They are not going to jail for random reasons, they are earning their way in by committing crimes, and a lack of good upbringing is a big part of the problem.

[PoBoy321]

Seriously, go the [censored] politics forum, they'll care. I just want polls about who's hotter and links to stupid videos.

FUCKSHITGODDAMNMOTHERFUCKERGETOUTOFMYFUCKINGFORUM

[StevieG]

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What is wrong with their parents and community that allows so many willing criminals to develop?

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You could ask this about American society overall. The US has the highest overall incarceration rate in the world.

And MarkL444, that same BBC article quotes that incarceration rate for blacks in their 20s.

[istewart]

It's because of their crazy names.

[Matty]

Drugs that blacks use more often (crack cocaine) carry larger sentences than white cocaine.

There are other factors at play here as well, like the fact that every black is only a few generations away from slavery so they are disproportionately in poverty compared to other races, and more racism in the judicial system (the Indiana Civil Liberties Union has done some very eye-opening studies in my state recently). But who's got the time to go into that for an OOT post?

[Sponger15SB]

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the fact that every black is only a few generations away from slavery so they are disproportionately in poverty compared to other races

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wait what?

[BusterStacks]

I actually have a solution:

Hey black people, stop committing crimes!

Let me know how that works out for ya, peace.