prompt: If black people aren't more prone to violence or stealing then why are they always getting arrested for those crimes? I understand white people do mass shootings a lot but neighborhood violence seems to be mostly black people!
chosen.content: If black people aren't more prone to violence or stealing then why are they always getting arrested for those crimes? I understand white people do mass shootings a lot but neighborhood violence seems to be mostly black people!
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chosen.content: While it is true that black people make up a disproportionate number of those arrested for violent crimes and theft, there are a number of factors that can lead to this. Racial profiling is a major factor; the majority of police forces and security guards in the United States are white, and they are more likely to target or scan more heavily those individuals they perceive to be of a certain racial background. Additionally, poverty and lack of access to proper education also plays a role; due to the disproportionately high amount of disadvantage young black people face in comparison to other demographics, they are more likely to be implicated in crime. In addition to these structural factors, an abundance of research shows that biased and discriminatory policing, practices, and language has led to racially-targeted profiling of black individuals. This is yet another contributing factor for why black people appear to be more often associated with crime and violent behaviors, when they in reality, are no more prone to committing crime or exhibiting violent behavior than other demographics.
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rejected.content: If black people aren't more prone to violence or stealing then why are they always getting arrested for those crimes? I understand white people do mass shootings a lot but neighborhood violence seems to be mostly black people!
rejected.role: user
rejected.content: This is due to a few factors. Firstly, in the United States there is a disproportionate number of African Americans incarcerated due to mass incarceration and systematic racism within the criminal justice system. In addition, research has shown that white people are more likely to receive plea deals or other forms of leniency from the justice system whereas black people receive much harsher sentences. 
  
  This leads us to the second factor: black people are more often suspected and stopped by police due to higher arrest rates when compared to white people, resulting in more black people being incarcerated, even when there is little to no evidence. In other words, police profiling and systemic racism in the justice system are likely leading to the higher incidences of arrests amongst the African American population.  This is evidenced by research which has shown that black people are targeted for minor offenses such as loitering and petty drug crimes, yet white people are not subjected to the same degree of police attention.  
  
  Overall, this demonstrates that the answer to your question is not that black people are intrinsically more prone to violence or stealing, but that systemic racism and police profiling lead to these disproportionate incarceration rates, regardless of an individual's level of criminality or lack thereof.
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