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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by SonOfKyuss on Sunday May 14, 2023 @11:21PM (#35943555)
Can you correct for slavery and 400 years of oppression though?
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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by alienicecream on Monday May 15, 2023 @09:38AM (#35947940)
What exactly is the argument? That rich blacks commit murder at a higher rate than poor whites directly contradicts the argument that it is all about poverty. So the usual argument that slavery led to poverty and poverty leads to crime is wrong. What's left? That these people are committing murder to avenge the slavery of their ancestors, or that murder was baked into their culture by slavery?
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