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I got 5 to 15 years when I was SIXTEEN FUCKING YEARS OLD. Dont give me lip about harsher sentensesI didn't "choose" to hit rock bottom anymore than anyone else. But I did choose to climb my way out of itDude the skin color is irrelevant when you sink to the bottom. There is only one way up and it's not painted with two colorsBut it does. Again YOU committed a crime and were found guilty. Pretending that has ANY similarity to what people of color face is disingenuous.
Don't lecture me white... You chose to hit rock bottom. We're born having to climb up no matter what.
You don't think poc who recieve harsher sentences for the same crimes committed by convicts like you have an effect? Or, even if poc have the same job qualifications being less accepted based on the name on their resume alone if it sounds black? Or being more likely born into poverty in locations with little investment? Or the rampant redlining that took place for decades that kept the ability of black neighborhoods to build any equity? None of that makes any difference?
I'm glad you got out of prison and according to you turned your life around, I'm sure it wasn't easy, but you had all the cards to begin with. I don't mean you were rich or had the best education, but you were white. I'm white, I know I've had a leg up over many minorities simply by being born in the right place with the right amount of melanin. I don't have the experience of being black, but I can certainly listen.
And if you had been black you would have been given more time. You weren't given lip service. You were given truth.