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From: vanzandt@uiucdcsb.CS.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: Slave labor built Siberian pipeline
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Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 17:16:00 EST
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In response to that clap about "we do what the Soviets do - to a lesser
degree":

 Oh come on! Dont be ridiculous. Keep such looney tune statements in the 
Pravda. Trying to draw an analogy between habitual criminals who happen
to be black and Soviet Gulag prisoners is fantastic. If there are more 
blacks in prisons these days, at least try to place the blame on a
reasonable hypothesis (like More Blacks live in Poverty, Poverty breeds
crime, Criminals end up in jail, QED more blacks are in jail) not that
the US has a determined policy of Black civil repression.

 Note: My conclusion does not rest solely upon its premises, I realize
this. It could be that an equal number of white and black suspects
appear before the courts and the juries are selectively forcing the
black cases to be convictions. If this were so, it calls for an
examination of the people, the citizenry of our society - not our
Administration or legislation. It is a jury of peers that condems these
people - not a government institution. I would venture also, that the
juries sending away the suspects are, on the average, racially balanced.