Exley97 said:
TheSpyIsASpyWDZ said:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/03/23/poor-white-kids-are-less-likely-to-go-to-prison-than-rich-black-kids/?utm_term=.c34c7476778e
That's about as close as I can get in two minutes of google searching, hope it's good enough.
This is the aforementioned "Race, Wealth and Incarceration: Results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" paper from Duke University researchers, and it's been repurposed by alt-right fanboys and white supremacists to bolster the exact opposite point the authors arrived at. In other words, folks like JonTron use it to illustrate the claim that blacks are prone to more criminal behavior while also arguing that discrimination doesn't exist in America (LOL), yet the authors who conducted the study say the very opposite -- that "race trumps class" and that being wealthy won't protect black people from incarceration the same way it protects white people. It's not that rich black people commit MORE crime -- it's that they're more likely to go to prison for committing a crime than rich white people.
This is what I find funny about Zontar's comments.
No, Jon isn't right, what he's done is clearly proven the point that blacks have been making all along and that those who don't want to hear have been covering their ears about.
The point being made isn't that wealthy blacks commit more crimes than poor whites, a concept I find hilarious to say the least, because it's been pushed as propaganda since slavery and to this day hasn't changed, but that regardless of what may be, black males in particular will ALWAYS be more likely to be incarcerated than white males will for the same things, however big or small they may be. This has been a trend for decades, it isn't new news. I've grown up seeing this and hearing this. It was why the black panthers were formed, however much I disagree with their methods and why BLM exists today.
Discrimination exists, it's not always prominent and some will get by without experiencing much of it, but it's always there so long as there is someone who dislikes or disagrees with you and there are more than enough racist people to continue on that trend.
Racism doesn't just vanish because the times have changed and that idea is fantastical.
I AM Black, so I know what it's like going into a shop with my white friends and being the only one being followed and eagle eyed by security. I'm used to being stopped for "appearing suspicious", despite wearing a suit. I've grown accustomed to white people touching my hair and acting as though it is the greatest thing since sliced bread, I've accepted the fact that I have to work 3 times harder and achieve 3 times more than my white peers to get the same job, I understand why my mother chose to call me Greg, a common seemingly none black name, rather than Tyrone, in order for me to be more likely to get jobs and opportunities.
So when people like Zontar lecture me on what I experience everyday, I can't help but cross my arms and wonder, where exactly are you getting your information from? He seems articulate, so I'm utterly baffled as to how a person could be so buffered by the rosy and dandy picture others have painted for him.