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1. hwoole+Q6[view] [source] 2017-08-02 16:21:56
>>RBBron+(OP)
I love the idea, and I really want your company to succeed. I don't really consider myself very easily offended or PC, but I thought it seemed a little stereotypical that the first two images in the hero were black people. I think that should be changed as quickly as possible if you don't want to get any backlash. My two cents : )
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2. RBBron+Ih[view] [source] 2017-08-02 17:17:51
>>hwoole+Q6
I appreciate this observation, but our prisons are predominately filled with people of color.
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3. banned+7q[view] [source] 2017-08-02 18:05:39
>>RBBron+Ih
hmmm, is this correct? It seems the real proportion is 39/40/19 among Whites/Blacks/Hispanics.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/rates.html

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4. 24gttg+dH[view] [source] 2017-08-02 20:10:29
>>banned+7q
From The Bureau of Justice Statistics, the "Prisoners in 2015" report, table 8, page 13 [0]:

>Percent of sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional authorities, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin, December 31, 2015

446,700 white male prisoners 501,300 black male prisoners 301,500 hispanic male prisoners 122,400 other male prisoners

Which means male adults of color (925,200) make up more than double the male white adult (446,700) state/federal prison population.

[0]https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/p15.pdf

The more disturbing statistic being that 1,745/100,000 black adults are incarcerated, compared to 317/100,000 white adults.

Female incarceration rates do not follow this same trend identically according to the data, and they make up only ~7% of the total correctional population.

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