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cyberdude611 -> John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:09:18 PM)
When Edwards was asked about the growing prison population at the MTV/MySpace forum... he said this... “We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.” -John Edwards Apparently he thinks that only blacks are in prison....Edwards needs to get his facts straight... In 2005, black men in college outnumber those incarcerated by a ratio of 4 to 1.

mnottertail -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:13:20 PM)
quote: Apparently he thinks that only blacks are in prison....Edwards needs to get his facts straight... In 2005, black men in college outnumber those incarcerated by a ratio of 4 to 1. In conclusion, this means that the whale is undoubtably one of the largest mammals alive today, according to sources in the excluded center for philosophical research. Wittgenstein

kdsub -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:35:05 PM)
Look I just don’t understand all the complaining about African American…Irish American… Asian American… any American in jail…Yes money talks and good lawyers can get you off and those without money don’t get the best lawyers so they get stiffer sentences. HEY I just had an idea!!!!!…..DON”T BREAK THE DAMN LAW. If you don’t like the law do like Americans have done since 1776…organize and get it changed. Butch

Alumbrado -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:39:55 PM)
quote: HEY I just had an idea!!!!!…..DON”T BREAK THE DAMN LAW. . There is a little bit more to it than that. We have a CJ system that is messed up beyond belief, messed up enough to suggest that the Innocence Project may just be scratching the surface. Also read Jeffrey Reiman's book. http://www.amazon.com/Rich-Get-Richer-Poor-Prison/dp/0205461727/ref=sr_1_3/104-9938995-3911926?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191008180&sr=1-3

kinkbound -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:44:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub If you don’t like the law do like Americans have done since 1776…organize and get it changed. Butch Um, when's the last time American citizens organized to change a law?

kdsub -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 12:58:53 PM)
Hi Alumbrado …I know it is not the whole answer but a pretty good start Kinkbound…. The pressure from the Civil Rights movement changed many laws in America. Over the years there have been many laws changed or added because of public outcry. A few others in the process now for better or worse are abortion…. stem cell research… gay marriage…. right to die…emanate domain to name a few. Butch

sophia37 -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 1:13:40 PM)
I too thought that young african american males were the highest poluation of incarcerated. Maybe not? Im not quite sure where the big gaff is in what the man said.

seeksfemslave -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 2:44:10 PM)
PC liberals when trying to prove how racist society is often use the fact(?) that there are more Afros in prison than in college. I know that cos' I've heard 'em say it.

SeeksOnlyOne -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 3:46:27 PM)
my question is.......black leaders say all the time its mostly black youths in prison-and its considered rage against the machine of injustice.... white dude says it and its somehow a racial bomb? [sm=banghead.gif]

thompsonx -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 3:46:35 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: cyberdude611 When Edwards was asked about the growing prison population at the MTV/MySpace forum... he said this... “We cannot build enough prisons to solve this problem. And the idea that we can keep incarcerating and keep incarcerating — pretty soon we’re not going to have a young African-American male population in America. They’re all going to be in prison or dead. One of the two.” -John Edwards Apparently he thinks that only blacks are in prison....Edwards needs to get his facts straight... In 2005, black men in college outnumber those incarcerated by a ratio of 4 to 1. cyberdude: I am curious as to where you found those figures. They do not seem to coincide with these. http://www.skepticism.net/articles/2002/000079.html I will grant they are for different years but a 400% change in just a few years does not seem logical. Just which facts did Mr. Edwards get wrong. That blacks are disproportionately represented in prison as compared to whites? thompson

thompsonx -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 3:54:38 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: seeksfemslave PC liberals when trying to prove how racist society is often use the fact(?) that there are more Afros in prison than in college. I know that cos' I've heard 'em say it. seeksfemslave: Is this all PC liberals or just the ignorant ones? thompson

thompsonx -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 4:01:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: kdsub Look I just don’t understand all the complaining about African American…Irish American… Asian American… any American in jail…Yes money talks and good lawyers can get you off and those without money don’t get the best lawyers so they get stiffer sentences. HEY I just had an idea!!!!!…..DON”T BREAK THE DAMN LAW. If you don’t like the law do like Americans have done since 1776…organize and get it changed. Butch Butch: I hate to rain on your parade but in 1776 it was the Americans who were breaking the law...it was called treason then and it is called treason now....you are only "off the hook" if you are successful and your rebellion becomes a revolution. thompson

StrictMentor -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 4:05:28 PM)
Oh the news media got it wrong! Rudy Guiliani made this statement. Now, all who defended Edwards statement- what say you now? :)

curiousexplorer -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 4:09:38 PM)
It's John Edward, who cares what he says? He has made a career out of fiction, and pretty low quality fiction at that.

philosophy -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 4:11:29 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: StrictMentor Oh the news media got it wrong! Rudy Guiliani made this statement. Now, all who defended Edwards statement- what say you now? :) ...i can't see what's racist about the statement, if true, whoever says it. Something does not cease being wrong depending on the speaker. Iran arming insurgents in Iraq is equally as wrong as the USA arming insurgents in Nicaragua, for instance. The moral high ground is not a moving target.

cyberdude611 -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/28/2007 4:36:20 PM)
Thompson, The stats are based on DOJ stats and census bureau stats of the 18-24 black male population. So there is a correlation between two different statistical numbers and there may be some error depending on how the info was collected. But according to those government sources, the ratio is 4 to 1. I obviously dont think Edwards meant entirely what he said, it just came out wrong because he was trying to put the issue in perspective. He obviously thinks that it is a problem with inner-city kids. But he is wrong in saying those black kids are the only problem. There are white people and hispanics in prison as well.

MasterKalif -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/29/2007 11:52:39 AM)
This just proves my point everyone in the US is way to centered in being black, white, hispanic, green, red, etc...when are projects involving all Americans are going to take ground? Common education of a common history of the whole nation not just local ethnic histories pitting of the different groups against each other? My two cents

InnocentYoungSub -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/29/2007 12:09:24 PM)
I read somewhere awhile back that the way demographic trends are going in regards to incarceration, by the year 2050 the majority of Americans will either be in prison, have been in prison, or will have an immediate family member who is in prison or been in prison.

SimplyMichael -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/29/2007 1:33:06 PM)
Cocain and crack are chemically the same, one is used by whites and carries light sentences, the other is used by blacks and carries a heavy sentence. Shoot a guy for his wallet and $20 and get life, steal a few billion from a thousand old ladies pensions and get a $100k fine and probation. Isn't justice such a nice thing?

InnocentYoungSub -> RE: John Edwards drops a racial bomb (9/29/2007 1:43:31 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SimplyMichael Cocain and crack are chemically the same, one is used by whites and carries light sentences, the other is used by blacks and carries a heavy sentence. Shoot a guy for his wallet and $20 and get life, steal a few billion from a thousand old ladies pensions and get a $100k fine and probation. Isn't justice such a nice thing? Oh yes, indeed. Thats the way it goes. I've heard before that people serve more time on average for drugs than they do for rape, I think it was. Its just incredible. This makes me think of something from the other day... I was watching the local news and some house in suburbia had been found to have pot plants growing inside it. Enough to fill every single bedroom, lol. Anyway they had some lady on saying "I just don't want this sort of thing around my neighborhood and my family" like she was talking about people eating babies or something. I thought, "Jesus Christ- we've got a slave owner on the one dollar bill and a war criminal in the White House and shes worried about somebody growing WEED?".

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