If that was meant to defend the idea that blacks are more likely to be teenage mothers, here's what the article says:pregnancy rates:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...51C0A9629C8B63
The variation among states on all measures is striking. Teenage pregnancy rates in 2000 were highest in Nevada, at 113 per 1,000, and lowest in North Dakota, at 42 per 1,000, well below the national average of 83.6. Abortion rates were highest in New Jersey, with 47 abortions per 1,000 women 15 to 19, followed by New York, with 46 per 1,000; the Connecticut rate was 30 per 1,000. New Jersey also had the highest pregnancy rates among black teenagers, 209 per 1,000; the rate was 167 per 1,000 in New York and not available in Connecticut. New Jersey had the highest percentage of teenage abortions, 60 percent, with New York at 58 percent and Connecticut at 49 percent. Only 13 percent of pregnancies in Kentucky and Utah ended in abortion.
Pregnancy rates for non-Hispanic white teenagers were highest in Arkansas (77 per 1,000) and lowest in North Dakota (33 per 1,000). For Hispanics, the lowest rates were in Mississippi (71 per 1,000) and the highest in Georgia (169 per 1,000). The lowest rate among black teenagers was in Utah (71 per 1,000).
What kind of defense is that? (I mean, if it was defending that position)
This is from 1997, well over 10 years ago, and here's the current Department of Justice statistics:
# The prevalence of imprisonment in 2001 was higher for
-- black males (16.6%) and Hispanic males (7.7%) than for white males (2.6%)
-- black females (1.7%) and Hispanic females (0.7%) than white females (0.3%)
# Nearly two-thirds of the 3.8 million increase in the number of adults ever incarcerated between 1974 and 2001 occurred as a result of an increase in first incarceration rates; one-third occurred as a result of an increase in the number of residents age 18 and older.
The percents aren't that much different, and are due to socio-economic factors, not race.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm
Louisiana is basically in the conditions of a third world country (Katrina has only made it worse) and everyone there period is prone to crime.
Just look at Israels treatment of Arabs in the Middle East.
My response can be summed up in your own words, so I'm just going to quote you again, if you don't mind.
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Originally Posted by vevuxking102
prove it.
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