Black People In Toronto Are Nearly Four Times More Likely To Be Arrested By City Cops For Drug Possession When Compared To Other Races
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Although, the women that pushed someone onto the rails was a 45 year old white woman...
What's unfair is the treatment of black communities. It's why black communities feel like the are under siege. If the cops did the exact same thing in a white community, the crime rate would skyrocket. It's racial profiling, and at one time was probably thought as a way to keep blacks in line.
You just need to look at the headlines and see how people are sentence for the same crime. Remember a black woman was told she could vote despite just getting out of prison? She go sentenced to 5 years in prison for something that was not her mistake. Then there is a case of a white man who knowingly voted twice and only got probation:
A white man got probation for voting fraud. A Black woman faced six years in prison for an error
In several prominent cases, Black people got harsher sentences for unintentional voting errors than whites who committed fraud
www.theguardian.com
That is what is unfair. And yes, there are all sorts of differences in their stories, but isn't one worse than the other???
For the most part I’m a law abiding citizen and a white male…I’m tired of others trying to make me feel guilty of being so.What's unfair is the treatment of black communities. It's why black communities feel like the are under siege. If the cops did the exact same thing in a white community, the crime rate would skyrocket. It's racial profiling, and at one time was probably thought as a way to keep blacks in line.
You just need to look at the headlines and see how people are sentence for the same crime. Remember a black woman was told she could vote despite just getting out of prison? She go sentenced to 5 years in prison for something that was not her mistake. Then there is a case of a white man who knowingly voted twice and only got probation:
A white man got probation for voting fraud. A Black woman faced six years in prison for an error
In several prominent cases, Black people got harsher sentences for unintentional voting errors than whites who committed fraud
That is what is unfair. And yes, there are all sorts of differences in their stories, but isn't one worse than the other???
Im curious if that stat is only about actual charges. Because what happens when someone is arrested is the cops slap all charges on them. So found say dealing may also result in a possession charge. Found while being arrested for other crimes can result in this.
As well its legal for pot now. So if these are recent then they are carrying hard stuff. Add in the extra arrests for petty crime, domestic calls, tresspass(poor people meet and use outside more resulting in visibility for nuisance arrests) and there are various reasons, including racial targeting.
But I agree the 90's crime bill in the USA specifically(along with the state inspired laws) targetted black communities. The private prison system needs product for its labor camps and drug users were nice non violent felons to lock up and exploit.
As well its legal for pot now. So if these are recent then they are carrying hard stuff. Add in the extra arrests for petty crime, domestic calls, tresspass(poor people meet and use outside more resulting in visibility for nuisance arrests) and there are various reasons, including racial targeting.
But I agree the 90's crime bill in the USA specifically(along with the state inspired laws) targetted black communities. The private prison system needs product for its labor camps and drug users were nice non violent felons to lock up and exploit.
Who is trying to make you feel guilty? You didn't pass the laws, and you probably weren't aware of your privilege until recently (if at all). The point is not to feel guilty be work to fix shit. Most of the people harassed by police, the ones who are pulled over for bullshit reasons or used to get stopped for the police carding program were law abiding. There is a criminal element and stereotype in every community. Italians eastern Europeans were views (and still are occasionally) as mobsters, but nowhere to the extent of the black community. They are a visible minority and they dress like rappers. They might show bling, so cops might think they're drug dealers. It isn't right.
Who said you have to feel guilty? I recognize my white privilege, my pussy privilege, etc. I’m not going to feel guilty for being born the way I was, but I will acknowledge that because I am white or because I have a vagina, I get some privilege over others. I just try to make sure that I am not falling into the trap of automatically distrusting a black person, or slapping a man because I am a woman thinking I can get away with it.
The major cause of single parent black families is due to the lefty's "no man in the house" rule. Basically, the rule means no welfare if there is a man in the house.
"in 1890, married couples headed 80 percent of all black households. The figure held constant over the next seven decades, through 1960."
If you can show me that the police are are targeting Bay Street stockbrokers doing coke in their offices, as much as they are targeting black people standing around a low-income housing project, then I might buy that argument. There are inequities in targeting, enforcement, conviction, and sentencing, and it helps drive the narrative that black people need to be watched and controlled.
"White privilege doesn't mean that your life has been easy, just that your skin colour hasn't made it harder." The origin of that quote, or close approximations, escapes me, but it's as true now as when it was first uttered.
Maybe we’ll live in a fair world some day; where we look past people’s skin & a black man can be President.
Whites are actually 3rd in income. The lower black income is probably because of single parent households (the lefties will say this is racist).
The Real Origins of "White Privilege" - CS (substack.com)
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The "no man in the house rule" was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1968. While it can be blamed for the increase in single parent Black families prior to that event, and for some time after, surely 50+ years after it cannot remain the primary reason.
Imho, and even as an old white guy, to me it seems current American Black culture among many (but of course not all) young Black males is it's OK to be a "baby daddy" without taking on any of the inherent responsibilities...
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The mother + father + kids family unit is the greatest engine for progress in humanity. Children of Indian and Chinese immigrant families are prospering in North America under such family unit. To be born to a single mother in the projects of the United States or Jane/Finch is a recipe for economic disaster. I pity the children. Sad
Except the arrests are 'misinformation' too because they are selective.
Plenty of data in the US comparing charges, dismissals, and sentences that show statistically white people tend to get much more benefit of the doubt. Same drugs, same amounts, different sentences. And with the US bail system and court fines, charges often result in more charges for people who can't pay and end up stuck in the system and lose their ability to earn money.
p.s. Those who like pretending that drugs are a black, inner-city thing should take a look at the rural parts of the country referred to as the "Meth-belt". Drugs are connected with poverty, not race even if the consequences differ.
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