>>Race has nothing to do with it. It is the home environment, the neighborhood, the schools, and much much more. My point was that you cannot blame the court system and the police for the disproportionate number of blacks incarcerated (which I understood was your point in posting the link).
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>But you can blame the history of discrimination that led to those neighborhoods and the problems associated with them.
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>Tamar

I think John Harvey hit the nail on the head when he mentioned people applying themselves. I fail to believe somebody who makes good choices and is determined to work and make a better life for themselves can't.