[lbo-talk] Chomsky: USA "best country in the world"

[Chuck0]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> boddhisatva wrote:
> 
>> Yes, but Doug that 25% probability does not represent laughing chance.
>> Certainly we can agree that a great preponderance of the black males 
>> who do
>> get locked up do the crimes they are accused of.
> 
> 
> And many don't, but that's not the question. Unless you believe in some 
> innate predisposition to criminality - a belief that would be grounds 
> for explusion from civilized society - then you have to ask why so many 
> black men turn to crime. I don't think the answer is very complicated - 
> the heritage of slavery and pervasive racism, which most white people 
> won't admit to. And that, as I said earlier, is seriously fucked up.

Doug: You are being to kind to the above racist, reactionary statement.

I expect to hear statements about "black males who do get locked up do 
the crimes they are accused of" on Rush Limbaugh's show, or right wing 
radio, not on the LBO list. A vast majority of people who have been put 
in prison have been put there by a racist political and criminal justice 
system. I'm sure we'd see a lot more middle class white people behind 
bars if the system went after white collar crimes and DUI crimes with 
equal vigor.

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