I think you were singing a different tune in our discussion about laws being written specifically against Blacks when you seem to suggest that laws that hurt the poor, impact Blacks most because there are more poor Blacks than Whites.
Now, as a percentage of each population, that might be correct.
Any voting law written that will impact the poor more than others, will therefore impact more Whites than Blacks.
And since no voting law specifically mentions race, there are no laws, voting or otherwise designed to hurt only Blacks.
There is no systemic racism in America.
So it would be fair to say that any law written, impacts Whites more than Blacks.
Unless of course we are talking about the many bills Biden wants to pass that spells out "Blacks need only to apply", which of course the courts have just shot down as being un-constitutional.
Who the fuck didn't know that?
Originally Posted by HedonistForever
I believe my tune is consistent. If there are more poor blacks as a percentage of blacks than poor whites as a percentage of whites, laws rules and regulations that Effect the poor would have a larger adverse effect on blacks. That’s a simple concept.
If something effects 30% of group A and 15% of group B then the effect is more harmful to group A even if the total number is larger for group B.
Now i agree that nearly every law affects all groups across the board (I say nearly as some I can’t think of could be easily brought up). But most laws have and may intentionally or unintentionally have a disparate impact on one group over another. One that’s often brought up is crack vs powder. Same drug but since crack was prevalent in black neighborhoods harsher sentencing befell blacks for similar amounts of drugs. Was that aimed at blacks (likely) but it never had to be stated that it was to punish blacks more than whites.
I would presume that if the sentencing for meth was greater than coke or crack (I am just using an example as I don’t know the answer to that) someone could argue that it has a disparate impact on whites since there is (I believe) a greater use rate amongst poor whites.
But drug and criminal sentencing is a different discussion for a different day. I’m just using it as an example of how disparate impact works.