Sunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 day agoBlack prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to Albreachmedia.caexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11
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minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoSort of, but you have cause and effect out of order. It is well understood that poverty is correlated to crime. And that racailized people are more often living in poverty. But underlying all of that is societal failures, not some inherent flaws of those people’s racial identity.
minus-squareArcanepotato@crazypeople.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours agoIt’s not even that in this case. They discuss it in the article. We’re talking about people in jail pre-trial. They haven’t even been convicted yet.
minus-squarestreetfestival@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours ago But underlying all of that is societal failures, not some inherent flaws of those people’s racial identity. Well said! Indeed, the commenter in question is straying from the subject of OP
Sort of, but you have cause and effect out of order.
It is well understood that poverty is correlated to crime.
And that racailized people are more often living in poverty.
But underlying all of that is societal failures, not some inherent flaws of those people’s racial identity.
It’s not even that in this case. They discuss it in the article. We’re talking about people in jail pre-trial. They haven’t even been convicted yet.
Well said! Indeed, the commenter in question is straying from the subject of OP