• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I think many of us simply struggle with the legal system being extra “punitive” to black, brown, and occasionally poor white people while being the opposite to white criminals, especially of the not-poor variety.

    This is a well-reaearched academic legal theory known as critical race theory. It’s definitely worth looking up sometime.

    • EatATaco@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      Are you arguing that because the legal system is unjust to some people, we should cheer on more injustice? The fact that the system is biased against racial minorities, and what a failure that has been, is exactly why I think more lenient sentences make sense.