Below is a general summary of what I think is probably going on with black people in the US. This is based off memory of studies/data I've seen, but I'm open to updates if any of my facts seem wrong:
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Black people are subject to greater police activity than white people, this seems supported by data.
This seems to be roughly proportional to crime black people commit; as in, low-crime black communities see roughly proportional police activity to white communities.
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Racism seem to exist, but "unjustified" racism (e.g., disproportionate to crime) is relatively low and seems heavily city dependent.
So why do black communities tend to have higher crime? It seems to be fatherlessness, not poverty; poor, father-intact families have low crime.
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Does it need to be fatherlessness and poverty (rather than "fatherlessness not poverty")? Would rich but fatherless families have the same problems?
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