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Re:Black boys don’t need more discipline, they need mentors ... by cm2012 on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:51PM (#21957426)
"For boys born in 2001, the lifetime probability of incarceration is estimated to be 32 percent for young black men."

That's absolutely enough to tilt the data significantly.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/11/mass-incarceration-statis...

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Re:Black boys don’t need more discipline, they need mentors ... by tpmx on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:55PM (#21957459)
Yikes. Still, it doesn't change the father-away issue fundamentally, I think?
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