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Originally Posted by escorpio
I'm not sure how a link showing that a large percentage of inmates dropped out of high school is supposed to back up your assertion that poverty is the reason for high black crime rates. If poverty were the reason the statistics would be skewed towards whites as there's almost twice as many whites living below the poverty line as blacks. Using poverty as an excuse simply doesn't wash.
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If it's based on race and not other factors, why are the percent of inmates not the same for those who have high education levels? Why do low levels of education dominate our prison system? Wouldn't a black man with a post-graduate degree be just as likely to be in prison as one who dropped out of high school?
Poverty is not an excuse. I'm just stating that education and poverty play a role in crimes.