If black incarceration is allegedly due to "racism" then:
Why did the black incarceration rate go up as racism decreased?
Why was it lower in areas considered more racist like America's South?
Why does it mirror crime rates in the US & abroad?
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Why did the black incarceration rate go up as racism decreased?
Why was it lower in areas considered more racist like America's South?
Why does it mirror crime rates in the US & abroad?
A 🧵on questions we must ask.
We're told that racism is to blame for the higher black incarceration rate, but if that were true then why did the black incarceration rate significantly increase as Americans accepted the idea of an integrated society?
Similarly we're told that the South was the most racist area of America throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, yet census incarceration data from those periods show the South had a far lower black incarceration rate than other parts of the U.S.
America's North Atlantic Region which had a reputation of being home to more abolitionists and progressives than other American areas had a far higher black incarceration rate.
As we remain in the North and trek westward we see the North Central Region also had a considerably higher black incarceration rate than the American South.
And as we complete our trek westward we see that America's Western Region had the highest black incarceration rate of any area.
When we return to the South, now to the South Central Region, we see the black incarceration rate drops substantially.
If the South was most racist and racism explains high black incarceration rates then why did the South have the lowest black incarceration rate?
If the South was most racist and racism explains high black incarceration rates then why did the South have the lowest black incarceration rate?
Some may explain this seeming paradox as black Southerners behaving better because Southern whites tolerated less.
On that note, America's 1960s riots happened after, not before, the Civil Rights Act passed. A reduction in white control results in an increase in black crime.
On that note, America's 1960s riots happened after, not before, the Civil Rights Act passed. A reduction in white control results in an increase in black crime.
That dynamic isn't unique to the US. Jamaica had one of the world's lowest homicide rates under British rule. Once Jamaica gained independence, though, their homicide rate steadily increased and is now one of the world's highest. British rule kept Jamaicans in line.
Going to Britain itself, we see that today's reluctance to strictly police certain groups out of fear of racism allegations begets more crime from those groups. Stricter policing would benefit them, but today's backward thinking holds that policing not the crime is the problem.
We see that mindset in American schools where black students perform far better in the militantly strict KIPP charter schools, but those KIPP schools are then criticized for punishing too many black students. The punishment is what created the success. It's a feature not a bug.
Many people will always remain adamant that higher black incarceration and discipline rates reflect racism not crime, but a mountain of evidence shows otherwise. Honest people must be brave enough to state that truth no matter how much they're attacked as racist for doing so.
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