10-14-2005, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by punkworld
Wrong, most people on welfare are white, which isn't the same thing at all. That most people on welfare are white, however, should not come as a surprise since:
Which, by the way, makes the following fact rather interesting:
In 1997, blacks constituted 49.2 percent of the prison population and whites 48.3 percent. (source: Margaret Werner Cahalan, Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice (December 1986), Table 3.31; BJS, "Prisoners in 1998.")
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so, with that being said.... whites make up 81.7% of the population, but 50% of the PRISON population.... what's your point? i assume you're trying to prove that blacks are much more likely to end up in prison? because any other conclusion is incorrect.
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