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by tuesdayrain 1697 days ago
>First, police disproportionately arrest people of color, especially Black people.

That's similar to saying that police disproportionately arrest men relative to women, therefore they must be sexist.

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Except that men are in a position of power, black men aren't.
Use 'position of power' to argue that systems are biased in favor of a group, not against it, then use that positive bias as evidence for the groups power.

Brilliant.