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Re:Patterns of Death in the South Still Show the Outlines of... by BearGoesChirp on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @02:33PM (#15544009)
>if you look at the respective incarceration rates by race.

Yet the theory breaks down once you look at a breakdown of race, gender, and SES.

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Re:Patterns of Death in the South Still Show the Outlines of... by chimeracoder on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @02:48PM (#15544168)
> Yet the theory breaks down once you look at a breakdown of race, gender, and SES.

There's plenty of research debunking this claim, which is a myth generally propagated by groups with explicit white supremacist agendas.

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