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Originally Posted by AshleyO
Wait. What does black people being in the desert have to do with black people being disproportionately imprisoned?
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Economic factors matter much more than racial ones. I can see this easily stateside. I was curious how many wealthy black people he might have served with. I bet most of the people he's working alongside, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are of similar economic standing.
The economic pressures that put people in shitty situations where they wind up getting shot at in shitty war torn countries aren't all that different from the economic pressures that put people in shitty situations where they wind up getting arrested or stopped by police.