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Originally Posted by jtown,man
Thats ignoring history from 1860-1970ish in America in relation to blacks and crime rates. Crime rates among blacks were very low in that time period then spiked. Blaming that on slavery or segregation doesn't make sense.
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Crime rates in general were pretty low up until the 60s. In the time that they started rising since, it's not unsurprising that the biggest surge would be amongst the community that was most marginalized at the time.
And while the lingering effects of slavery are certainly debatable, it's also true that the descendants of slave populations across the Americas experience greater than average rates of poverty, crime, and other social ills.