[Epidemic]

Originally Posted by MTAtech

Sorry to say, that's a naive view. Blacks are in prison in greater proportion to whites for two main reasons.

The first reason is that a greater proportion of blacks are in poverty compared to whites and have less job opportunities. As such, they have less access to proper legal representation; more likely to be convicted and more likely to serve jail time.

The second reason is that blacks (who primarily live in cities) are more likely to get caught. Drugs are the main crime for blacks in jail. In white suburbs, high school students sell drugs to each other from the privacy of their homes where it is unlikely law enforcement lurks. In cities, drugs are sold on the streets, in plain view.

Well actually there are more white people on welfare than black and possibly more than all minorities. not by proportion but raw number.

ps your white suburban drug dealer scenario may be true but is it a good thing that those kids get to sell drugs with impunity or would it be better that the white criminals stop hurting the white community.


PS don't most white people live in cities as well?