Posted on 11/18/2005 3:16:29 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
1. This BLUE state caters to those on welfare drawing them in in droves from Chicago and those on welfare lack the motivation to take The High Road, versus making The Quick Buck through drugs, robbery and other scams?
2. Recidivism, because this "progressive" state is too lenient with prisoners in the first place?
3. A study like this can easily be manipulated so even MORE of my tax dollars go to welfare and social programs and handouts, versus "Teach a Man to Fish" type of programs?
Just a few guesses. Your turn. *Rolleyes*
Good Evening, Wisconsin Conservative Politics Ping List Members. FYI, if this interests you.
..ah.....ah......errrr...good police work?
Doogle
...could be prison is a great place during the winter there, warm bed, food, clothing you know, out of the wind.........
BTTT
You know, I'm tired of this race baiting for political advantage, and I want laws passed against it.
People doing this are counter to the commonweal of the United States and should be punished by law.
Actually, they should be tarred and feathered, but the populace has become too controlled for any of that now.
Lest anyone misunderstand me, my point is that these are professional rhetorical debaters and the truth does not matter. - They know darn well that you cannot use statistical anomalies to explain differences in the rates of incarceration.
There are more blacks incarcerated because there is more crime by them, at that time and in that place.
Properly, attention should be directed at why that is so, rather than reaping political hay by muckraking
Oh my, I just mixed a metaphor.
Maybe they commit crimes at a higher rate?
No no no. Obviously, everyone in Wisconsin is racist. What else could it be?
It might help if we were to elect Democrats as Governor and US Senators... err... no ... we already have... uh... never mind...
people in prison are there because they are convicted criminals .........no matter what color
If one group of people has a higher rate of imprisonment, my assumption is that they must be committing a higher percentage of crimes.
For example, almost all prison inmates are males. It's not because our criminal justice system discriminates against males, it's simply because males commit most of the serious crimes.
And some state has to be first.
Want to do something about it? Don't commit crimes. Don't produce criminals. Get married before having babies. Expect and demand good behavior from members of your own "community." Buckle down, study hard, work hard, and quit whining about "racism." Fathers, raise your children to have morals.
Thank you. No government money was needed for this report. Follow my suggestions and I guarantee you the black inmate rate will go down.
True, but it's the path they've chosen.
Wisconsin also has the highest high school dropout rate for African American students; Only 40% of African American students go on to graduate.
On the other hand, Wisconsin has the highest white high school graduation rate, at 92%
Source: http://www.inpathways.net/hs_grad_rates.pdf
And this is not indicative of different educational opportunities; In my community, the unified school district includes both the inner city and affluent suburbs, with extensive busing. It has more to do with sociology, and the environment inner city kids grow up in - which probably explains the incarceration rate as well.
Only a bigoted Northerner would use that phrase.
They never speak of the Shallow South, do they? So what do they mean?
"Oh my, I just mixed a metaphor."
Uht-Oh. That's at least five years in the pokey from the 'FR Metaphor Police' who will no doubt be here shortly to escort you away. ;)
(I hear they're even meaner than the 'FR Grammar Police' and Junkyard Dogs combined, LOL!)
There are more blacks in prison because more blacks commit crimes per capita than other racial or ethnic groups. Even thinking this, let alone saying it out loud, automatically makes me a racist, so let me rephrase my thought....
... just a moment...
There are more blacks in prison because of racism and the knapsack of white privilege, which literally forces blacks into a life of crime.
I feel like I have to brush my teeth now.
"I feel like I have to brush my teeth now."
Better hit the Listerine, too. *Rolleyes* It is an impossible situation, isn't it? I'm surprised I haven't been hauled off in chains for posting this, actually. The DU Trolls should be showing up soon. *Snort* ;)
I'd like to see statistics on 1st/2nd generation Somalian immigrants vs 10th-20th generation "African-Americans".
If I don't like it here in America, I could go back to my Roots in Wales, England, Germany. I could comment further, but... after our traced ancestry goes back seven generations; I think I'll stay put and keep on working in the business world of free enterprise and capitalism.
I'm not fussy.
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