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I don't think this is consistent with reality. Are the historical inequities causing a lot these issues as you mention, or are you arguing there actually are no issues because in fact white kids are committing just as many crimes?

In a world where we solve racism, poverty, and lack of access to education do we expect white kids to now be committing way more crimes than non-whites?

I always hear it's because they don't have breakfast. As iff when we deliver them a free meal they are going to become honor-roll students.

To some degree it's a concern for "problematic" statistical outcomes, but it's also anti-bias training, both explicit and implicit, giving individual decision makers hesitancy when dulling out punishments.

I'll bite. The importance is this: if you do not acknowledge a disproportion of a certain group committing the offenses, then you cannot enforce punishments without them seeming inequitable. If 90% of the suspensions of students come from a certain protected group, if you refuse to believe they are 90% of the offenders, we must roll back the policies because they are clearly bias.

Personal swipes aren't allowed here. FYI