Note that I didn't say the Colorado stat *wholly* stems from the inequities
I spoke of. When you look at the atrocious ratio of blacks in jail compared
to whites in jail, and arm yourself both with Atomly's stat on the racial
breakdown of drug users in general and the numbers showing how many people
are imprisoned because of drug offenses, you can see clearly that the coke
vs. crack law *does* have serious implications and that there is partial
causation.
And to the person who said they'd never seen coke (as opposed to crack)
hurt anybody, I'd like you to meet a friend of mine with a pacemaker....
-Ryan
At 08:58 AM 5/9/2001 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 46 lines Remember, correlation does not mean causation.
>Remember, correlation does not mean causation.
>Racists can easily use these statistics for the
>reverse arguments. If blacks are imprisoned 19 times
>more than whites, it must follow that they're breaking
>the law more, right?
>
>I know it doesn't; such an argument would commit the
>same mistake you are making. What you need to do is
>answer two questions at once: At what rates are whites
>and blacks imprisoned/arrested for drug use, and at
>what rates do whites and blacks actually use drugs?
>If whites and blacks use drugs equally, but blacks get
>arrested far more often, well, then you'd have
>something.
>
>Someone actually posted more detailed statistics
>earlier, but I don't think anyone cared. We're more
>interested in arguing in favor of our personal beliefs
>here than in listening to facts.
>
>Regardless, the statistics don't reflect a lot of
>other issues, either, such as economic background,
>location, and other nurturing factors. But please,
>let's not get into a nature vs. nurture discussion.
>I'd rather read more messages about AE vs. Plaid or
>Kid606 vs. The World than IDM-l vs. Drugs!
>
>--- Ryan Schilling <ryanschilling@subdimension.com>
>wrote:
> > Yeah, racist. Here in Colorado, blacks are
> > imprisoned at a rate 19 times
> > higher than whites, according to a report released a
> > few weeks ago. A lot
> > of this stems from inequities b/w the cocaine and
> > crack laws.
>
>
>
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