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The absurd contradictions of Capitalism (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I knew the US was terrible but I'm shocked about the 1/15 black men in jail. Is that at any time, or 1 out of 15 black men has been in jail at some point? Either way it's disastrous and disgusting

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

The at one point number is actually way higher sadly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Considering after the Civil War it wasn't uncommon to convict black men of... being black (seriously no crime listed, they were just made criminals because they're black and now you have to be a criminal to be a slave) in order to continue the whole institution of slavery I would expect the 'at some point' figure to be much higher.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you for this piece of information. That's not what I meant by at some point though. I meant at some point in the life of living people. Like if we take all black men in the US right now, what percentage has ever been in jail. It's a different figure from if we take all black men in the US right now, how many are currently in jail