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lumberjack_jeff

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8. Agree.

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 09:16 PM

Oct 2012

An incarcerated black man is there primarily because he's a man, and secondarily because he's black. It is a double dose of legal disadvantage.

If you're black, your odds of going to jail are 6x greater than if you're white.
If you're male, your odds of going to jail are 11x greater than if you're female.

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Men Sentenced To Longer Prison Terms Than Women For Same Crimes, Study Says [View all] 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 OP

So on average, a woman caught smoking a joint will get 40 years in prison, and a man will get 50. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #1

I think they looked at other things 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #2

I know, i just get frustrated with the fact that we fill our prisons with nonviolent drug offenders. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #3

There's no telling what mischief cancer-granny could get in to 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #4

This is not new information Major Nikon Oct 2012 #5

It is interesting 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #6

The idea of "male privilege" is intellectually dishonest Major Nikon Oct 2012 #7

Agree. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #8

Healthwise black women are privileged compared to white men 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #10

It also doesn't seem to require any sort of evidence 4th law of robotics Oct 2012 #9

Such is the case with much of feminist "theory" Major Nikon Oct 2012 #11