Kerry's Lying
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| Tue, 07-13-2004 - 9:29am |
"We've got more African Americans in jail than we do in college. That's unacceptable," he added.In fact, it seems that there are more than twice as many African Americans in college than in jail.
U.S. Census Bureau (2000): African Americans in college: 2,224,181
U.S. DoJ Office of Justice Programs: "Prison and Jail Inmates at MidYear 2003" (p.11): "Table 13. Number of inmates in state or federal prisons or local jails" -- Black Americans in jail: 899,200.
Those nearly 900,000 incarcerated African Americans still represent a tragic waste of lives and potential. But fortunately, things are not nearly as gloomy as John Kerry wants to believe they are.
It's possible that Kerry is basing his claims on other data, but it would be interesting to learn what his sources are.
UPDATE: As a commenter notes below, this Kerry howler was already debunked a month ago. But then why is Kerry still making the same claim today? What kind of an echo chamber is his campaign that none of the staff read Kerry's sharpest critics? Not a good sign for those who look to Kerry to improve intelligence capabilities or cure government agencies of their dysfunctional groupthink culture.
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Edited 7/18/2004 1:54 pm ET ET by cl-wrhen
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All I was trying to say is that it would be wonderful if the posts are legible...period. That's why I suggested proofreading. I find myself often missing entire words that make my sentences nonsense, that's why I proof for clarity.
That being said, can I go hide under the table now?
The post that was being commented on was the first I've seen from you that made no sense (and frankly, I believe it had less to do with language than it did with proofreading), so there was no way I knew that. I can't speak for the person that "insulted" you, but saying something like that is often a way of saying "huh?" and not meant as a personal attack.
Language aside, I find your posts largely inflammatory and hateful, so my defense of the other poster was mostly because I thought you were on the attack for no reason (again). I was wrong, and SO WERE YOU. I'm just "woman" enough to admit it. My apology was sincere and I don't appreciate your attitude.
I'm not going to say anything about the irony of a non-American posting such strong opinions here, as others have attacked our Canadian friends. However, you do need to be less defensive and more open-minded when it comes to those that don't know your biography (or geography).
Sondra, this post, like my others,
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Thanks Sondra :)
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