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   RM> > That reminded me of something I read a couple of years back when they   
     > > were going nuts claiming that blacks were vastly discriminated against   
     > > because even though they only represented under 20% of the population   
     > > in New York, they made up 60% of those in prison. Some smart person   
     > > resonded to that (probably lost their job over it) that they looked   
     > > into the crime statistics and that 65% of the crime was done by black   
     > > people so they were actualy UNDER represented in prison..   
      
   RS>You're suggesting that someone has statistics on crimes that are commited,   
   bu   
     >ot prosecuted and proven? If the crime isn't proven, how does anyone know   
   the   
     >ce of those that committed them? This sounds very suspicious.   
      
   When I answered this last night I missed something pretty obvious.   
      
   If you have 5 black people and 5 white people found guilty and in jail   
   then they each make up 50% of the population..   
      
   But if, say, the black people are in jail for doing 2 criminal acts   
   and the whites only 1 then that would mean the blacks make up 50% of   
   the jail population but had committed 66% of the crimes..   
      
   On the plus side, they are not under represented in this case, just   
   guilty of doing more crimes..     B)   
      
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