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And more insidiously, white lawmakers create rules knowing plenty of people--black and white--WILL break them, but the law gives police the opportunity to target (whether consciously or otherwise) groups. If we arrested each person every time a crime was committed (DUI? cheating on your taxes? padding a time card? taking home supplies from work?), white people would be in jail at least as frequently as minorities.
the one that everyone is aware of, crack cocaine and powder cocaine. generally people of color use crack and whites use powder --- at relatively equal numbers when numbers of people are calculated...
but the punish me of crack is higher than powder..
but the drug is about equal
To add to The bookiemonster -- there is a reason Timmy is not viewed as dangerous and a person of color is, and it has little to do with facts, and more with a stereo type propeduated so 'the new Jim Crow' can be enforced
@Thebookiemonster hit nearly every point made in the book, this is the best answer I've seen. Your comment was made pre-COVID, and the reason I'm bringing that up is this: In Lansing, MI, after the BLM protests over the summer, the city decided to stop pulling people over, and interacting with people for "minor offenses". I'm dying to know if they actually interacted less, and whether the amount of overall arrests have significantly dropped.
If I guess, based on this book, and based off of, "Talking to Strangers"-- i'd say no. Especially if they're trying to find bigger things with "suspicious" people.
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And more insidiously, white lawmakers create rules knowing plenty of people--black and white--WILL break them, but the law gives police the opportunity to target (whether consciously or otherwise) groups. If we arrested each person every time a crime was committed (DUI? cheating on your taxes? padding a time card? taking home supplies from work?), white people would be in jail at least as frequently as minorities.
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the one that everyone is aware of, crack cocaine and powder cocaine. generally people of color use crack and whites use powder --- at relatively equal numbers when numbers of people are calculated...but the punish me of crack is higher than powder..
but the drug is about equal
To add to The bookiemonster -- there is a reason Timmy is not viewed as dangerous and a person of color is, and it has little to do with facts, and more with a stereo type propeduated so 'the new Jim Crow' can be enforced
@Thebookiemonster hit nearly every point made in the book, this is the best answer I've seen. Your comment was made pre-COVID, and the reason I'm bringing that up is this: In Lansing, MI, after the BLM protests over the summer, the city decided to stop pulling people over, and interacting with people for "minor offenses". I'm dying to know if they actually interacted less, and whether the amount of overall arrests have significantly dropped. If I guess, based on this book, and based off of, "Talking to Strangers"-- i'd say no. Especially if they're trying to find bigger things with "suspicious" people.
