> 1) If it weren't for institutionalized racism, why would there be any
> correlation between race and income, and
Sorry for the ambiguity. I meant institutionalized racism in the judicial system.
> 2) black people aren't seven times as poor as white people.
Surely the difference in the number of crimes comitted by blacks and their white counterparts cannot solely be attributed to economics, although I think it's probably a large piece of the puzzle. BTW, your quick counter wouldn't be enough to falsify the stronger assertion that the difference is entirely a matter of economics--it may well be the case that having half of X leads you to do seven times as much of Y.
-- Luke