People really need to stop thinking about this stuff in terms of individualized will, it doesn't really work that way on a macro level. Looking at these kinds of structural forces to explain the disparity should be our default.
It isnt even hard to follow the few jumps to structural disenfranchisement:
Racially biased enforcement of drug and other laws -> disproportionate convictions -> disenfranchisement of felons -> racially discriminatory disenfranchisement
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u/sammythemc Dec 13 '17
People really need to stop thinking about this stuff in terms of individualized will, it doesn't really work that way on a macro level. Looking at these kinds of structural forces to explain the disparity should be our default.