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Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by badpun on Friday February 09, 2018 @02:56PM (#16343342)
Very interesting.

However, one thing that I fail to see addressed here is reason for the incarceration gap. The way I see it, it can be partially because black kids are prosecuted more (the "white privilege" argument) and partially perhaps because, for whatever reason, rich black kids just commit crimes more often.

Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by s73v3r_ on Friday February 09, 2018 @04:49PM (#16344133)
I don't buy the argument that rich black kids commit crimes at higher rates. White and black people smoke weed at roughly the same rates, yet black people are far, far, far more likely to be prosecuted for it.
Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by badpun on Saturday February 10, 2018 @04:53AM (#16346639)
It's not an argument, merely an unknown. Considering that black people have elements of their own culture that are anti-hard work ("acting white") and pro-crime ("gangsta rap"), I wouldn't be suprised if this culture managed to spoil even the kids from the good homes to some degree.

BTW how do you know that white and black people smoke weed at roughly the same rates?

Re:Is developer compensation becoming bimodal? by s73v3r_ on Monday February 12, 2018 @12:28PM (#16360185)
There have been studies on that very thing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/06/04/the-b...

If you look, Figures 21 and 22 show usage rates to be about the same. However, if you look down at Figure 10, you'll see a huge disparity in arrest rates.