Drug use rates are virtually identical across the board, between whites and blacks and yet:
That's the problem. [/QUOTE]No. The problem here is that you are trying to use a "self reported" stat in comparison to the hard stats which reflect actual recorded crime and convictions.
The stat based on self reporting isn't a viable metric, especially in comparison to the hard stats.
[QUOTE="Jetboogieman, post: 1066232239, member: 9371"]Sentencing was also an issue in cocaine vs. Crack cocaine, even though again,[/QUOTE]1. No, not - "even though again".
2. Crack was an epidemic that was and still does have a far more negative effect on society.
It is why the consequences were made different.
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[QUOTE="Summerwind, post: 1066232290, member: 4208"]Individually, some are some aren't. [U]Systemically our police, judicial, and penal systems are racist.[/U][/QUOTE]
No they are not.
[QUOTE="Summerwind, post: 1066232308, member: 4208"]Don't know, didn't watch it, don't need to in order to have the facts on the matter. The facts are as I stated them.[/QUOTE]No, you didn't state the facts.
You stated an opinion.
An opinion that isn't based in facts.
[QUOTE="Summerwind, post: 1066232353, member: 4208"]There are all manner of studies that prove that non-whites are stopped more often, cited more often, convicted more often, and jailed for longer than there white comparisons. There are so many of these studies, as well as all the reports from the DoJ on specific areas of recent unrest.... Sometimes asking for proof is a legitimate request. In this case it really isn't. I have no doubt that you don't even need google to solve this for yourself, just use the search bar in the upper right hand corner of this site.[/QUOTE]You have no "proof". You have claims made by studies which do not mean that what was found is caused by racism. That is all.
[QUOTE="Summerwind, post: 1066232545, member: 4208"]I said, and it's factually true, the systems are racist. [/QUOTE]Wrong. The system is not racist.
[QUOTE="Summerwind, post: 1066232545, member: 4208"]The system is the problem [U]and it's undeniably racist[/U].[/QUOTE]Besides being wrong, that is a very stupid comment to make.