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1. In contrast, blacks are 6 times more likely to be in jail than whites.

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 12:28 PM

Feb 2015

In other words, black men who are in jail are there mostly because they are men.

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Prison Inequality: Women and Race --and a Stunning, but Unsurprising Oversight. [View all] Bonobo Feb 2015 OP

In contrast, blacks are 6 times more likely to be in jail than whites. lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #1

Ignored this *mildly* pertinent part, eh? F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #3

Yes, it was in Oklahoma. The study was referenced in the article F4lconF16 Feb 2015 #5

Comprehension is as well, evidently Major Nikon Feb 2015 #6

Exactly. nt Bonobo Feb 2015 #7

You make many good points. NaturalHigh Feb 2015 #8

Men are given longer sentences for the same crimes lumberjack_jeff Feb 2015 #9