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While there is usually a larger % of dark skinned people in prison in other countries (like England for instance) it's never even slightly close to the huge difference in the US. Here it's 5x or more, in most other countries it's usually 2x or less. Most of those countries realize they actually have a problem because it's a larger amount as well and are working on it.

And yes, there is still a HUGE disparity between wealth based on race, which is a huge factor as well. A white criminal is very likely to either have the money for a better attorney or have family that does. That is often not the case for minorities. Which is obviously not fair.

Repeated offenses which have been commited by white people and ignored or given warnings (IE drugs), but which can send non-white people to jail/prison for years....is not fair, and I have personally seen that when I was younger (sadly over 20 years ago....and it's still going on). Heck, I knew one guy (a friend of a friend) who freaking Dealt drugs and still didn't go to jail after being caught more than once, which is crazy.

As for acting differently, damn straight. If you know people who are similar to you (in this case same skin color) have been targeted by police and you grow up in schools where they never come and talk to you etc, and you have friends and family who have been arrested by them, or persecuted by them (searched for no reason etc), and you literally have grown up fearing them, your gonna act differently.

IF you instead go to a nice, safe, mostly white school where cops show up and talk to kids throughout the years, tell them to "stay off drugs" and follow the laws etc, and your family and friends all talk about how cops are heroes and protect them......yeah, your gonna act differently if you do something illegal and are dealing with them. Duh.

It's not fair, plain and simple, and it should be.

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