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Originally Posted by Patriam1066
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the system is flawed and it favors the rich
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ding ding ding
Although there *is* systemic racism inherent to the justice system: blacks bet arrested more often than whites for the same crime, get worst plea bargains than whites, get harsher sentences for the same crime than whites, and get the death penalty more often for the same crime than whites.
Just as systemic racism led to blacks not receiving mortgages from the FHA, which pushed them into renting more --> not able to pass on the wealth of a home to their children --> black people have, per capita, less wealth than whites on average:
"Among households with positive wealth growth during the 25-year study period, as shown in Figure 2, the number of years of homeownership accounts for 27 percent of the difference in relative wealth growth between white and African-American families, the largest portion of the growing wealth gap" Link:
http://iasp.brandeis.edu/pdfs/Author...thgapbrief.pdf
The most honest thing that one can do is acknowledge the systemic racism that has existed - not wiping it all clean with a 'ah shucks we all started from the same spot' that i see a lot of libertarians support