Tea Party Rep: “Black Men Prefer Drug Dealing To Education”

[beowolfe]

Republican Party leaders in central Illinois are calling on their own candidate for state senate to step down following racist remarks he made at a candidate’s forum last week.

Al Reynolds, who is considered the Tea Party candidate in Illinois’ 52nd District, has been unavailable to the media since saying that African American men preferred dealing drugs to going to college, because it is “easier.”

“I’ve been in the city and the dichotomy of the women and the men in the minorities, there is a difference in the fact that most minority women, either the single parent or coming from a poor neighborhood, are motivated more so than the minority men,” Reynolds said, when asked what he would do to increase diversity at state colleges. “And it’s a pretty good reason. Most of the women who are single parents have to find work to support their family. The minority men find it more lucrative to be able to do drugs or other avenues rather than do education. It’s easier.”

Al Reynolds Says Black Men Prefer Drug Dealing To Education | News One

And you all wonder why blacks don't vote GOP in any numbers. And why they think the tea baggers are racists.

 

[Truthmatters]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

 

[Lonestar_logic]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

How is that racist? If it's true.

 

[beowolfe]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

How is that racist? If it's true.

Only a racist would ask that. And only a racist would even consider that to be true.

 

[topspin]

Sure u went to college jailbird. Oh wait are u black lonestar?

 

[Truthmatters]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

How is that racist? If it's true.

Why do you think its true?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

How is that racist? If it's true.

Only a racist would ask that. And only a racist would even consider that to be true.

Really? Well I could say that only a racist would bring it up in the first place. Which would make you a racist.

 

[Truthmatters]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Sure u went to college jailbird. Oh wait are u black lonestar?

You didn't get the memo?

 

[Truthmatters]

Why cant you answer my question?

 

[WillowTree]

the racism just keeps bubbling to the top

How is that racist? If it's true.

Only a racist would ask that. And only a racist would even consider that to be true.

So then demonRats ARE racist when they say all black men vote demonRat? That how that works?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

Fact is more young blacks have done prison time than military service or earned college degree.

A study appearing in the American Sociological Review, estimates that 20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison by the time they reached their early 30s. By comparison, less than 3 percent of white males born in the same time period had been in prison.

Equally startling, the risks of prison incarceration rose steeply with lower levels of education. Among blacks, 30.2 percent of those who didn't attend college had gone to prison by 1999 and 58.9 percent of black high school dropouts born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in state or federal prison by their early 30s.

"More strikingly than patterns of military enlistment, marriage or college graduation, prison time differentiates the young adulthood of black men from the life course of white males. Imprisonment is now a common life event for an entire demographic group," said Becky Pettit, one of the study's authors and a University of Washington assistant professor of sociology. Bruce Western, a Princeton University professor of sociology, is the co-author.

The study looks at men born from 1945 through 1969 focusing on two groups -- those born from 1945 through 1949 and those born from 1965 through 1969. It draws on publicly available data on inmates in federal and state prisons from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, but does not include information on spending time in local jails, which hold an estimated one-third of the incarcerated prison population. Hispanics were not included because data was not available, particularly about men born in the 1940s.

The incarceration rate for black men born in 1945-49 was 10.6 percent by the time they were in their early 30s, but increased to 20.5 percent for those born in 1965-69. Among white men the overall risk of imprisonment grew from 1.4 percent to 2.9 percent over the same time period.

The increase in incarceration marked a dramatic shift in the life course for young black males. In addition to estimating the risk of incarceration for birth cohorts by race and education, the researchers compared the prevalence of spending time in prison to other important life events for men born in 1965-69 who survived until 1999. Pettit and Western found that 22.4 percent of surviving black men born in that period had spent time in jail, while just 17.4 percent had served in the military and only 12.5 percent had earned a bachelor's degree.

By the end of 1999, 1.3 million men were in federal or state prisons. The researchers said that changes in penal policy through the 1970s and '80s, including custodial sentences for drug offenses and mandatory minimum sentences, helped fuel the expansion of the penal system and has led to growing disparities in the risk of incarceration by education.

"Prison is no longer just for the most violent or incorrigible offenders. Inmates are increasingly likely to be serving time for drug offenses or property crimes," Pettit said. "While there is enduring racial disproportionality in imprisonment, we find that the lifetime risk of incarceration is increasingly stratified by education. Over the past 30 years the risk of incarceration has grown for both blacks and whites, but has grown the fastest among men who have a high school diploma or less."

"This has become increasingly important because we know ex-prisoners face a variety of challenges after incarceration," said Western. "These range from employer discrimination in the job market to increased risks of divorce and separation in family life. The experience of imprisonment in America has emerged as a key social division marking a new pattern in the lives of recent birth cohorts of black men."

The research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation.

uwnews.org | More young black men have done prison time than military service or earned college degree, study shows | University of Washington News and Information

 

[Truthmatters]

Willow go get that quote.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Why cant you answer my question?

Because your question isn't relevant to this discussion.

 

[Truthmatters]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

Fact is more young blacks have done prison time than military service or earned college degree.

A study appearing in the American Sociological Review, estimates that 20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison by the time they reached their early 30s. By comparison, less than 3 percent of white males born in the same time period had been in prison.

Equally startling, the risks of prison incarceration rose steeply with lower levels of education. Among blacks, 30.2 percent of those who didn't attend college had gone to prison by 1999 and 58.9 percent of black high school dropouts born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in state or federal prison by their early 30s.

"More strikingly than patterns of military enlistment, marriage or college graduation, prison time differentiates the young adulthood of black men from the life course of white males. Imprisonment is now a common life event for an entire demographic group," said Becky Pettit, one of the study's authors and a University of Washington assistant professor of sociology. Bruce Western, a Princeton University professor of sociology, is the co-author.

The study looks at men born from 1945 through 1969 focusing on two groups -- those born from 1945 through 1949 and those born from 1965 through 1969. It draws on publicly available data on inmates in federal and state prisons from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, but does not include information on spending time in local jails, which hold an estimated one-third of the incarcerated prison population. Hispanics were not included because data was not available, particularly about men born in the 1940s.

The incarceration rate for black men born in 1945-49 was 10.6 percent by the time they were in their early 30s, but increased to 20.5 percent for those born in 1965-69. Among white men the overall risk of imprisonment grew from 1.4 percent to 2.9 percent over the same time period.

The increase in incarceration marked a dramatic shift in the life course for young black males. In addition to estimating the risk of incarceration for birth cohorts by race and education, the researchers compared the prevalence of spending time in prison to other important life events for men born in 1965-69 who survived until 1999. Pettit and Western found that 22.4 percent of surviving black men born in that period had spent time in jail, while just 17.4 percent had served in the military and only 12.5 percent had earned a bachelor's degree.

By the end of 1999, 1.3 million men were in federal or state prisons. The researchers said that changes in penal policy through the 1970s and '80s, including custodial sentences for drug offenses and mandatory minimum sentences, helped fuel the expansion of the penal system and has led to growing disparities in the risk of incarceration by education.

"Prison is no longer just for the most violent or incorrigible offenders. Inmates are increasingly likely to be serving time for drug offenses or property crimes," Pettit said. "While there is enduring racial disproportionality in imprisonment, we find that the lifetime risk of incarceration is increasingly stratified by education. Over the past 30 years the risk of incarceration has grown for both blacks and whites, but has grown the fastest among men who have a high school diploma or less."

"This has become increasingly important because we know ex-prisoners face a variety of challenges after incarceration," said Western. "These range from employer discrimination in the job market to increased risks of divorce and separation in family life. The experience of imprisonment in America has emerged as a key social division marking a new pattern in the lives of recent birth cohorts of black men."

The research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation.

uwnews.org | More young black men have done prison time than military service or earned college degree, study shows | University of Washington News and Information

How does that Proove they prefer to deal drugs?

 

[Truthmatters]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

This was my question and you think presenting your facts has nothing to do with the subject?

 

[Lonestar_logic]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

Fact is more young blacks have done prison time than military service or earned college degree.

A study appearing in the American Sociological Review, estimates that 20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison by the time they reached their early 30s. By comparison, less than 3 percent of white males born in the same time period had been in prison.

Equally startling, the risks of prison incarceration rose steeply with lower levels of education. Among blacks, 30.2 percent of those who didn't attend college had gone to prison by 1999 and 58.9 percent of black high school dropouts born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in state or federal prison by their early 30s.

"More strikingly than patterns of military enlistment, marriage or college graduation, prison time differentiates the young adulthood of black men from the life course of white males. Imprisonment is now a common life event for an entire demographic group," said Becky Pettit, one of the study's authors and a University of Washington assistant professor of sociology. Bruce Western, a Princeton University professor of sociology, is the co-author.

The study looks at men born from 1945 through 1969 focusing on two groups -- those born from 1945 through 1949 and those born from 1965 through 1969. It draws on publicly available data on inmates in federal and state prisons from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, but does not include information on spending time in local jails, which hold an estimated one-third of the incarcerated prison population. Hispanics were not included because data was not available, particularly about men born in the 1940s.

The incarceration rate for black men born in 1945-49 was 10.6 percent by the time they were in their early 30s, but increased to 20.5 percent for those born in 1965-69. Among white men the overall risk of imprisonment grew from 1.4 percent to 2.9 percent over the same time period.

The increase in incarceration marked a dramatic shift in the life course for young black males. In addition to estimating the risk of incarceration for birth cohorts by race and education, the researchers compared the prevalence of spending time in prison to other important life events for men born in 1965-69 who survived until 1999. Pettit and Western found that 22.4 percent of surviving black men born in that period had spent time in jail, while just 17.4 percent had served in the military and only 12.5 percent had earned a bachelor's degree.

By the end of 1999, 1.3 million men were in federal or state prisons. The researchers said that changes in penal policy through the 1970s and '80s, including custodial sentences for drug offenses and mandatory minimum sentences, helped fuel the expansion of the penal system and has led to growing disparities in the risk of incarceration by education.

"Prison is no longer just for the most violent or incorrigible offenders. Inmates are increasingly likely to be serving time for drug offenses or property crimes," Pettit said. "While there is enduring racial disproportionality in imprisonment, we find that the lifetime risk of incarceration is increasingly stratified by education. Over the past 30 years the risk of incarceration has grown for both blacks and whites, but has grown the fastest among men who have a high school diploma or less."

"This has become increasingly important because we know ex-prisoners face a variety of challenges after incarceration," said Western. "These range from employer discrimination in the job market to increased risks of divorce and separation in family life. The experience of imprisonment in America has emerged as a key social division marking a new pattern in the lives of recent birth cohorts of black men."

The research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation.

uwnews.org | More young black men have done prison time than military service or earned college degree, study shows | University of Washington News and Information

How does that Proove they prefer to deal drugs?

Well it would require some critical thinking and I'm afraid that leaves you out. But if you were to look at the data at why these young blacks are incarcerated, you will find a large portion is due to drugs. It really doesn't take a genius to put two and two together.


And it's prove not proove you retard!

 

[Lonestar_logic]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

This was my question and you think presenting your facts has nothing to do with the subject?

It has everything to do with it you moron. It states that more blacks go to prison than college and if you were to do a little research you would see that 59 percent of those in prison are for drug charges.

 

[Truthmatters]

Why cant you answer my question?

Because your question isn't relevant to this discussion.

You just going to pretend you didnt say this ?

 

[Truthmatters]

So lonestar you think the statement is based in fact?

present your facts.

This was my question and you think presenting your facts has nothing to do with the subject?

It has everything to do with it you moron. It states that more blacks go to prison than college and if you were to do a little research you would see that 59 percent of those in prison are for drug charges.

Now proove what you claim.

You claim they perfer to deal drugs