You previously claimed: "The racists have always been in power." Now you've retreated to: "A country of 340 million people includes some individuals who have wacko political opinions." Those aren't the same thing!
>So you’re okay with harassing all Hispanics because they “fit the description.”? Including American citizens?
It's not the policy I would pursue if I were president. But I also wouldn't consider it harassment if a cop asked to see my ID.
If there's a community that has been breaking the law on a massive scale, there should be more shame associated with that lawbreaking than there is shame associated with enforcing the law. How are you going to have a functional society if there is more shame for enforcing the law than there is breaking it?
Your first link says that black men receive sentences that are 13.4% longer than white men. I think we should work to reduce that, but it's less than half the size of the male/female sentencing disparity from the same source (29.2%), and it's nothing compared to the 226% disparity in cross-racial crime victimization.
> If there's a community that has been breaking the law on a massive scale, there should be more shame associated with that lawbreaking than there is shame associated with enforcing the law. How are you going to have a functional
So exactly what should Puerto Ricans who are in the continental United States do to prevent being detained by ICE?
What should my six foot 2 Black stepson living in a lily white suburb of Atlanta GA (my wife and I moved to another state for reasons) do differently? Should he go to the inner city and change hearts and minds?
And you keep changing the subject. I am referring to how the government targets people - the only people who have qualified immunity and can take away an individuals rights. A random Black or White person cant legally detain me or stop me - not even in GA anymore after the Republican governor outlawed citizen’s arrest after it was used to harass and kill an unarmed black man walking down the street - yes it was caught on video.
Why do I find it hard to believe that you would be okay being randomly stopped and harassed walking down the street? I now live in a major diverse city. I can see it now. I a Black guy born in south GA being detained by ICE if they raid the Hispanic barber shop I go to - where three of the barbers are from Puerto Rico - because they hear me doing small talk in Spanish.
>What should my six foot 2 Black stepson living in a lily white suburb of Atlanta GA (my wife and I moved to another state for reasons) do differently? Should he go to the inner city and change hearts and minds?
What should I as a white guy do differently? Go to the prosecutor's office and change hearts and minds?
(Also, if your stepson is so worried about white people, why does he live in a "lily white" area?)
>you keep changing the subject
I've been responding to claims you made in other comments: 'The country has always been hostile to “other”.' and 'The racists have always been in power.'
>the Republican governor outlawed citizen’s arrest after it was used to harass and kill an unarmed black man walking down the street
I suppose this is more evidence that "The racists have always been in power"? Republicans are the KKK party. That's why they outlawed citizen's arrest after the death of a black man...
>So you’re okay with harassing all Hispanics because they “fit the description.”? Including American citizens?
It's not the policy I would pursue if I were president. But I also wouldn't consider it harassment if a cop asked to see my ID.
If there's a community that has been breaking the law on a massive scale, there should be more shame associated with that lawbreaking than there is shame associated with enforcing the law. How are you going to have a functional society if there is more shame for enforcing the law than there is breaking it?
Your first link says that black men receive sentences that are 13.4% longer than white men. I think we should work to reduce that, but it's less than half the size of the male/female sentencing disparity from the same source (29.2%), and it's nothing compared to the 226% disparity in cross-racial crime victimization.