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Originally Posted by sammyg2
1 of every 9 black males in his twenties in the United States is either incarcerated or has been incarcerated.
This is from the US department of Justice:
Summary findings
On June 30, 2007 —
At midyear 2007 there were 4,618 black male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,747 Hispanic male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 Hispanic males and 773 white male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 white males.
So while what Imus said is not politically correct and was a stupid thing to say, it was based on fact.
BTW, Sharpton and Jessie Jackson can bite me. Same goes for any racist who supports them and uses this type of thing for their own benefit. They are worse than any bigot redneck.
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This is exactly why what he said is so dangerous.
It perpetuates stereotypes.
There are and have been ongoing debates re the skewed percentages of prison population.
Fact: Blacks are imprisoned at a higher rate that whites for the same offenses.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/html/scscf04/tables/scs04205tab.htm
There may be justification for it, a higher repeat offender rate etc.. and there may be other reasons.
A high repeat offender rate supports crime rate is a function of a percentage of race. In other words if you have higher crime rate in the black population as a result of higher repeat offender rate then that supports that there are less black criminals than the numbers alone would indicate.
To form an opinion on a soundbite is ridiculous.