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Re: (in)flaming



On Sat, 20 Jul 2002, Don Smith wrote:
> From what I've read, white people in the US are far more likely to be
> drug users and dealers, and yet black people are far more likely to get
> profiled by the police, because the cultural stereotype supports that
> image.

Hmmm, so if drug busts went down 55% after the New Jersey police put an
end to racial profiling, which race was being profiled?

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 "I detected one misprint, but to torture you I will not tell you where."
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