Answering a point about illegal immigration raids vs blacks....

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  Posted by Lindsey Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:36pm PDT

  WOW! I never in a million years thought someone would share my opinion on this. I agree 110%. Its so true....but of course, you can't say something to anyone because....OMG...."You racist white pig!!!!" The only reason for that nonsense is because, lets face it, the truth sucks!!!! Great Post. I to support McCain and Palin!!!!

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  Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:36pm PDT

  There is alot to be said for people who will work hard. And you are right. The majority want to just better themselves and make a better life for their families. Sometimes their own country won't allow that to happen because of oppressive governments or other causes. But, still, our government needs to do much more to help OUR COUNTRY first, instead of squandering the money elsewhere for people who don't appreciate what we do for them anyways.

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  Posted by MizCatwalk20 Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:53pm PDT

  I understand this is a free country, despite how offensive your blog was. There are plenty of hardworking black men out there. I would be just as stereotypical as to argue the opposite. I work in the hotel industry. And if you know anyhting about that, then you knw that we have alot of non-english speaking employees. While i admore the fact that it is a very equal oppurtunity workplace, i despise the communication barrier that we have to face. It is nothing more frustrating than to have a task that needs to be met, however it is prolonged because your co-worker can understand you. When most of the time that is just a hoax. I do however see your point. I also work with a few black men who tend to slack as well. And i am saying this from a Black Woman's perspective. However to use the words criminal intent is not only stereotypical it's bordline racist. Every black man does not have a record, every black man does not have a scary demeanor, every black man doesnt slack on there job. And regarding deportion. Well exactly where should we be deported back to? You dont suppose the place that we were shackled and taken out of hundreds of years ago, do you? Ignorance is truly bliss.

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  Posted by MizCatwalk20 Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:56pm PDT

  I understand this is a free country, despite how offensive your blog was. There are plenty of hardworking black men out there. I would be just as stereotypical as to argue the opposite. I work in the hotel industry. And if you know anyhting about that, then you knw that we have alot of non-english speaking employees. While i admire the fact that it is a very equal oppurtunity workplace, i despise the communication barrier that we have to face. It is nothing more frustrating than to have a task that needs to be met, however it is prolonged because your co-worker cant understand you. When most of the time that is just a hoax. I do however see your point. I also work with a few black men who tend to slack as well. And i am saying this from a Black Woman's perspective. However to use the words criminal intent is not only stereotypical it's bordline racist. Every black man does not have a record, every black man does not have a scary demeanor, every black man doesnt slack on there job. And regarding deportion. Well exactly where should we be deported back to? You dont suppose the place that we were shackled and taken out of hundreds of years ago, do you? Ignorance is truly bliss.

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  Posted by MizCatwalk20 Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:57pm PDT

  I understand this is a free country, despite how offensive your blog was. There are plenty of hardworking black men out there. I would be just as stereotypical as to argue the opposite. I work in the hotel industry. And if you know anyhting about that, then you knw that we have alot of non-english speaking employees. While i admire the fact that it is a very equal oppurtunity workplace, i despise the communication barrier that we have to face. It is nothing more frustrating than to have a task that needs to be met, however it is prolonged because your co-worker cant understand you. When most of the time that is just a hoax. I do however see your point. I also work with a few black men who tend to slack as well. And i am saying this from a Black Woman's perspective. However to use the words criminal intent is not only stereotypical it's bordline racist. Every black man does not have a record, every black man does not have a scary demeanor, every black man doesnt slack on there job. And regarding deportion. Well exactly where should we be deported back to? You dont suppose the place that we were shackled and taken out of hundreds of years ago, do you? Ignorance is truly bliss.

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  Posted by MizCatwalk20 Fri Sep 5, 2008 12:57pm PDT

  I understand this is a free country, despite how offensive your blog was. There are plenty of hardworking black men out there. I would be just as stereotypical as to argue the opposite. I work in the hotel industry. And if you know anyhting about that, then you knw that we have alot of non-english speaking employees. While i admire the fact that it is a very equal oppurtunity workplace, i despise the communication barrier that we have to face. It is nothing more frustrating than to have a task that needs to be met, however it is prolonged because your co-worker cant understand you. When most of the time that is just a hoax. I do however see your point. I also work with a few black men who tend to slack as well. And i am saying this from a Black Woman's perspective. However to use the words criminal intent is not only stereotypical it's bordline racist. Every black man does not have a record, every black man does not have a scary demeanor, every black man doesnt slack on there job. And regarding deportion. Well exactly where should we be deported back to? You dont suppose the place that we were shackled and taken out of hundreds of years ago, do you? Ignorance is truly bliss.

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  Posted by MizCatwalk20 Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:12pm PDT

  And regarding the truth hurting. Well Obama's pastor stated some hard core facts about our Nation. That really had to hurt, because they wrote him off as negative and un patriotic. Why is it okay for some to voice what they see as the TRUTH, yet when others put popint out some interesting facts, it's blown out of porportion. It's mindframe like this, it's comments like this that will forever keep the nation divided. Maybe if we all focused on ourselves and our problems then we wouldnt spend so much time speculating the next person. God said " For whosoever is without sin, cast the first stone." I dont really think that anyone can throw stones at any race or culture for that matter. we all have differences. But let some tell it, their race is more superior. Please people, please. This crap has been going on for so long, it's stupid now.

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  Posted by Ozarks Lady in the Boonies Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:31pm PDT

  Read the stats.......by the gummint..........

  Summary findings

  On June 30, 2007 —

  – 2,299,116 prisoners were held in federal or state prisons or in local jails – an increase of 1.8% from yearend 2006, less than the average annual growth of 2.6% from 2000-2006.

  – 1,528,041 sentenced prisoners were under state or federal jurisdiction.

  – there were an estimated 509 sentenced prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents – up from 501 at yearend 2006.

  – the number of women under the jurisdiction of state or federal prison authorities increased 2.5% from yearend 2006, reaching 115,308, and the number of men rose 1.5%, totaling 1,479,726.

  At midyear 2007 there were 14,618 black male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 black males in the United States, compared to 1,747 Hispanic male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 Hispanic males and 773 white male sentenced prisoners per 100,000 white males.

  Nuff said...........

  I hope Yahoo doesn't bump this..it is an important subject.

  Deport to where...Mexico......if you don't work you don't eat.

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  Posted by Ozarks Lady in the Boonies Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:33pm PDT

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  Posted by letty_patino87 1 hour 18 minutes ago

  took the words out of my mouth, Ozarks Lady in the Boonies!!!well said.

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  Posted by djgreetings.com 53 minutes ago

  i agree about what you said about illegal immigrants. they are hardworking because they come here to work. no comment for blacks though.

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  Posted by Ozarks Lady in the Boonies Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:42pm PDT

  III. INCARCERATION AND RACE

  The disproportionate representation of black Americans in the U.S. criminal justice system is well documented.17 Blacks comprise 13 percent of the national population, but 30 percent of people arrested, 41 percent of people in jail,18 and 49 percent of those in prison.19 Nine percent of all black adults are under some form of correctional supervision (in jail or prison, on probation or parole), compared to two percent of white adults. 20 One in three black men between the ages of 20 and 29 was either in jail or prison, or on parole or probation in 1995.21 One in ten black men in their twenties and early thirties is in prison or jail. 22 Thirteen percent of the black adult male population has lost the right to vote because of felony disenfranchisement laws.23

  Admissions to Prison

  Racial disparities in incarceration increased in the 1980s and 1990s as the number of blacks sent to prison grew at a faster rate than the number of whites. 24 Between 1979 and 1990, the number of blacks as a percentage of all persons admitted to state and federal prisons increased from 39 to 53 percent.25 Although the admissions for both races, in absolute numbers, rose sharply, the increase was greatest for blacks (Figure 1).

  Human Rights Watch has been able to analyze state prison admissions based on raw data on 37 states gathered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice through its National Corrections Reporting Program (NCRP) for 1996, the most recent year for which this data is available. In 17 of these states, blacks constituted more than half of all prison admissions (Table 2). Maryland had the highest percentage of black admissions, 79 percent, followed by Illinois with 74 percent, Louisiana with 73 percent, and New Jersey with 72 percent.

  Overrepresentation of Blacks in Prison

  In every state, the proportion of blacks in prison exceeds, sometimes by a considerable amount, their proportion in the general population (Figure 2). In Minnesota and Iowa, blacks constitute a share of the prison population that is twelve times greater than their share of the state population. In eleven states -- Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming --the percentage of the prison population that is black is more than six times greater than the percentage of the state population that is black.

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