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Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2421
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 04:45 pm: | 
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Care to guess. Bet you all get it wrong. |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 830
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:02 pm: |
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10%
Am I right???  |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 5010
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:14 pm: |
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I'd say about 6%. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2422
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:26 pm: |
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Abm got it.
We usually get that 30% number but that is just the number of all black men who have at one time had some contact with the criminal justice system--on parole, probation, in court, imprisoned, etc. |
Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 831
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:28 pm: |
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Well, I was in second place so where's my prize?  |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 5014
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:30 pm: |
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Chris,
Yeah. But the problem less the number of Black men who are incarcerated at any point and time and MORE the overall number/percentage of Black men who have/will be marred by criminal records and prison sentences. |
Abm
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Abm
Post Number: 5015
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 05:32 pm: |
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Although, given our uniquely troublesome and vulnerable history and position in this country, even 6% of brothas being locked up hurts A LOT! |
Lil_ze
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Lil_ze
Post Number: 157
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 10, 2006 - 09:43 pm: |
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but its really not 6 percent of "black men", because we only look at the black men in america. what about the west indian blacks, the blacks in central america, and in south america? it could be more or less who knows? when we on this board talk about "black men", who are we talking about? only the black men in america? what about the son of jamaican parents born in america? are west indian blacks or south american blacks included or excluded in our conversations? |
Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 2971
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 02:45 am: |
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Chris (and ABM)
"We usually get that 30% number but that is just the number of all black men who have at one time had some contact with the criminal justice system--on parole, probation, in court, imprisoned, etc."
I'm almost certain that AT ANY GIVEN TIME 1 out of 4 black men are in prison, jail, on probation or parole. |
Yvettep
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1101
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 08:31 am: |
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I keep hearing that stat, too. Plus, I think the #s usually only refer to adults: The number of Black male youth in youth lock-up, residential "treatment" centers, etc is more difficult to keep track of.
But guess who is the fastest growing prison population... |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 4815
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 11:03 am: |
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If there are 25 million or so black people in America and, say, half of them are male, then 6 percent of 12,500,000 is still a high number.The true test is to go to a prison and see how many inmates are black; the majority of them are. Black leaders like Jesse Jackson are the ones who complain about prisons becoming an industry with black men as their best customers. Whatever the percentage of incarcerated black males is, it's too high. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2427
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 01:22 pm: |
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Tonya:
But you also thought that Duke stripper was going to get justice. |
Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 2978
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 03:54 pm: |
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Who says she isn't. Those boys are tainted for the rest of their lives; they’ll always be known for their love of cotton and the history that brought us such. They'll be branded as creeps and relegated to the likes of our most notorious rapist and Dixiecrat--Strom Thurman....And the trail hasn't even begun yet.
I'd call that justice.
If not justice, justice by another name: REVENGE! |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2432
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 04:18 pm: |
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Tonya:
Your mind is bad. |
Tonya
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Tonya
Post Number: 2980
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 04:28 pm: |
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...You don't want any special treatment. Nor should your oppressors receive any...handle your business, or your struggle, as anyone else would in your circumstances. It wasn't going to be easy and
YOU MAY BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO
--MALCOM X.
My mind isn't bad, Chris...it's not weak.
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Ntfs_encryption
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 372
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 - 08:48 pm: |
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"My mind isn't bad, Chris...it's not weak."
Oh....?????
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Femrenoir
AALBC .com Platinum Poster
Username: Femrenoir
Post Number: 78
Registered: 05-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 14, 2006 - 02:22 am: |
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I wasn't aware of the 6% figure, but of course it makes sense.
Tonya, it doesn't necessarily refute your 25% figure, but if all of these stats are true, then of the 30% who are incarcerated only 5% get out of the system. |
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