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https://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/

If you grow up in the ghetto you don't have the time to think about college prep, violin lessons, or things like that traditionally needed to get to college.

Maybe your parents were incarcerated, and maybe your parents were incarcerated because of a lack of opportunity. These things stack up over generations until the point where it becomes normal for that part of the population.

Yes, many may be incarcerated for good reason, but you need to understand why. For this you'll either believe that black people are simply more likely to be murderers and rapists or there's another reason why.



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