white racism? black racism

[blugiant]

ear a latt aff oyinbo ann sum stupid "blacks" chattinn bout blakk racism ann mii doan ovatand itt? oyinbo chattinn blakk racism iss bout oyinbo racism cah dem argument iss bout defendinn oyinbo racism?

fe itt fe be racism dat mean itt ave da power fe impact a group aff peeps as race. blakk peeps inn merikkka doan ave da power to appress ann subjugate oyinbo but oyinbo ave dat powa


dat being sed avinn a ard thyme ovatandinn oyinbo ann dem eediat "black" peeps woo chatt bout blakk racism fe defend oyinbo racism.

so please xxplain wat iss black racism? iss oyinbo creatinn da false narrative aff blakk racism fe defend oyinbo racism?

[Emperah]

mi nuh gettee eedah, and as usual yuh hav nuff blk ppl outdeh a chat bout dis blk smaddy racist. Mi always mek dem kno seh we cyan be prejudice but neva racist.

i was in court a long time ago.
I was the 1st one there, de cop was there, prosecution was dere.
Dis stawt @ 8am, mi tek off wukk fi guh deh and it wasn't till almost 4pm dem call mi case.
When mi si seh mi was goin lose de case mi seh tuh de judge. Your honour can I ask if this court is racist.
Him seh what do you mean explain yourself. I said I've been here since 8 am and the officer and crown was here and I believe that because you think a young blk person like me has nothing better to do you call my case last.
Judge in shock shout out maybe your the one who's racist. At dis time mi point out to him bout how I can't be racist, racism has power and everyone of you who i called out have the power to anything against me and get away with it. That is racism.
Him seh your out of order and find mi guilty. Mi bawlout ur all out of order and this is a mockery court and mi walk out an leff before him finish him sentence. Jah kno how dem neh dash mi weh fi at least a day aftah dat.

[blugiant]

yuh luckee oyinbo judge neva lock yuh upp inn oyinbo jail

dat watt mii chattinn bout. oyinbo ave da power fe affect blakk peeps financial widd da criminal injustice system.

wan studee sed blakk peeps ar four thyme more likelee fe be arrested fe jugs tings even dough oyinbo use jugs att slightlee iigha rate

[Emperah]

I've posted dis a few times in de past already an it still relevant

Arrests in America (Fuzzy Math)

• Published on November 10, 2006
• 0 comments

2006 Essay Honorable Mention
Violent Crimes, year 2000 arrest by race statistics in America are based on a survey of 9,017 law enforcement agencies, representing 182,090,101 inhabitants.

Arrest by race, 2000 in America
Total Arrests: 9,068,977
Total Violent Crime Arrests: 414,420

In the all arrest category:
Whites were arrested in 6,324,006 cases, at 69.7%
Blacks were arrested in 2,528,368 cases, at 27.9%
Other races were arrested in 216,603 cases, at 2.3%

In the violent crime arrest category (statistics do not include conviction rate, unsolved murders, or missing persons):
Whites were arrested in 248,167 cases, at 59.9%
Blacks were arrested in 156,718 cases, at 37.8%
Other races were arrested in 9,535, at 2.3%

Broken down in specific crime arrests:
Murder:
Whites were arrested in 4,231 cases, at 48.7%
Blacks were arrested in 4,238 cases, at 48.8%
Other races were arrested in 214 cases, at 2.3%

Forcible rape (rape statistics do not include child molestation or statutory rape):
Whites were arrested in 11,381 cases, at 63.7%
Blacks were arrested in 6,089 cases, at 34.1%
Other races were arrested in 389 cases, at 2.2%

Robbery:
Whites were arrested in 31,921 cases, at 44.2%
Blacks were arrested in 38,897 cases, at 53.9%
Other races were arrested in 1,331 cases, at 1.8%

Aggravated Assault:
Whites were arrested in 200,634 cases, at 63.5%
Blacks were arrested in 107,494 cases, at 34.0%
Other races were arrested in 7,601 cases, at 1.4%

Property Crime Arrest Category: Total Arrests 1,076,844
Whites were arrested in 713,331 cases, at 66.2%
Blacks were arrested in 333,565 cases, at 31.0%
Other races were arrested in 7,601 cases, at 1.4%




- See more at: http://worldvoices.pen.org/nonfictio....XuQ24TxZ.dpuf

[blugiant]

Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests

Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.

This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks were around eight times as likely to be arrested.

During the same period, public attitudes toward marijuana softened and a number of states decriminalized its use. But about half of all drug arrests in 2011 were on marijuana-related charges, roughly the same portion as in 2010.

Advocates for the legalization of marijuana have criticized the Obama administration for having vocally opposed state legalization efforts and for taking a more aggressive approach than the Bush administration in closing medical marijuana dispensaries and prosecuting their owners in some states, especially Montana and California.

The new data, however, offers a more nuanced picture of marijuana enforcement on the state level. Drawn from police records from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the report is the most comprehensive review of marijuana arrests by race and by county and is part of a report being released this week by the American Civil Liberties Union. Much of the data was also independently reviewed for The New York Times by researchers at Stanford University.

“We found that in virtually every county in the country, police have wasted taxpayer money enforcing marijuana laws in a racially biased manner,” said Ezekiel Edwards, the director of the A.C.L.U.’s Criminal Law Reform Project and the lead author of the report.

During President Obama’s first three years in office, the arrest rate for marijuana possession was about 5 percent higher than the average rate under President George W. Bush. And in 2011, marijuana use grew to about 7 percent, up from 6 percent in 2002 among Americans who said that they had used the drug in the past 30 days. Also, a majority of Americans in a Pew Research Center poll conducted in March supported legalizing marijuana.

Though there has been a shift in state laws and in popular attitudes about the drug, black and white Americans have experienced the change very differently.

“It’s pretty clear that law enforcement practices are not keeping pace with public opinion and state policies,” said Mona Lynch, a professor of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

She added that 13 states have in recent years passed or expanded laws decriminalizing marijuana use and that 18 states now allow it for medicinal use.

In the past year, Colorado and Washington State have legalized marijuana, leaving the Justice Department to decide how to respond to those laws because marijuana remains illegal under federal law.

The cost of drug enforcement has grown steadily over the past decade. In 2010, states spent an estimated $3.6 billion enforcing marijuana possession laws, a 30 percent increase from 10 years earlier. The increase came as many states, faced with budget shortfalls, were saving money by using alternatives to incarceration for nonviolent offenders. During the same period, arrests for most other types of crime steadily dropped.

Researchers said the growing racial disparities in marijuana arrests were especially striking because they were so consistent even across counties with large or small minority populations.

The A.C.L.U. report said that one possible reason that the racial disparity in arrests remained despite shifting state policies toward the drug is that police practices are slow to change. Federal programs like the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant Program continue to provide incentives for racial profiling, the report said, by including arrest numbers in its performance measures when distributing hundreds of millions of dollars to local law enforcement each year.

Phillip Atiba Goff, a psychology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said that police departments, partly driven by a desire to increase their drug arrest statistics, can concentrate on minority or poorer neighborhoods to meet numerical goals, focusing on low-level offenses that are easier, quicker and cheaper than investigating serious felony crimes.

“Whenever federal funding agencies encourage law enforcement to meet numerical arrest goals instead of public safety goals, it will likely promote stereotype-based policing and we can expect these sorts of racial gaps,” Professor Goff said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us/marijuana-arrests-four-times-as-likely-for-blacks.html?_r=0

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Blacks Are Singled Out for Marijuana Arrests, Federal Data Suggests

Black Americans were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession in 2010, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data.

This disparity had grown steadily from a decade before, and in some states, including Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, blacks were around eight times as likely to be arrested.



http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/us...acks.html?_r=0

blakks four times as likelee fe be arrested on da charges of marijuna possession ann upp to eight thyme as likelee inn nearlee awl oyinbo communitees ann deer iss sum oyinbo woo defend da mass arrest as blakk as natt oyinbo racism.

[Tropicana]

It's 2013. I thought by now everyone knew that:

..... we cyan be prejudice but neva racist.

But Emperah, your outburst in court was very risky.

I used the opposite approach. It was a ticket for driving on the shoulder of the road. (There was a long line and I was in a hurry.) It was the Dixie exit off the 401.

I wore a conservative grey suit, white tailored blouse and pumps. I had my hair shaped (it was natural at the time) and carried an attache case. I watched as the judge came down hard on person after person. Most of them had European accents. One poor guy even walked with a cane.

I took out a gold pen to take notes when I was in the witness stand.

The police officer spoke of the distance and length of time he followed me.

The judge said "Well I think the lady banker was just late for an appointment and wanting to make up some time"......and he still let me off without even a fine.

Art of War?

[Emperah]

I was in my early 20's when dat hapm, didn't even study art of war yet.

[Tropicana]

But you must agree that in this case, my Art of War tactics were much more effective than your outburst....

So come whispah in Tropicana ear...what was the charge? I told you what my case was about so is only fair.

[Emperah]

yes u did good, but as a young rebel I just wanted to get my point across in any way necessary. I didn't even mind paying de find as long as i got heard
Now when mi guh court I am wiser than the serpent

[Tropicana]

It is amazing what a little bit of maturity does to you isn't it?