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Saturday, June 4, 2016

If Trump's Assertion That Federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel's Judgment Is Biased By His Heritage, What About White Judges Overseeing Black Cases?


Trump's Personal, Racially Tinged Attacks On Federal Judge Alarm Legal Experts


"Trump Presses Case That "Mexican" Judge Is Biased Against Him"

In Jack Tapper interview, Trump responds to criticism of federal judge with Mexican heritage :

[TRUMP] Do you know that these people went to every attorney general, practically, in the country that they could and do you know this case was turned down by almost every attorney general, from Texas to Florida to many of these states? 

[TAPPER]  Is it not, when Hillary Clinton says this is a racist attack and you reject that, if you are saying he can't do his job because of his race, is that not the definition of racism? 

[TRUMP]  No, I don't think so at all. 

[TAPPER]  No? 

[TRUMP]  No.  He's proud of his heritage.  I - I respect him for that.

 [TAPPER]  But you're saying he can't do his job because of that. 

[TRUMP]  Look, he's proud of his heritage, OK.  I'm building a wall.  Now, I think I'm going to do very well with Hispanics. 

[TAPPER]  He's a legal citizen... 

[TRUMP]  You know why I'm going to do well with Hispanics? Because I'm going to bring back jobs and they're going to get jobs right now.  They're going to get jobs.  I think I'm going to do very well with Hispanics. But we're building a wall.  He's a Mexican.  We're building a wall between here and Mexico.  The answer is, he is giving us very unfair rulings, rulings that people can't even believe.  This case should have ended years ago on summary judgment.  The best lawyers - I have spoken to so many lawyers, they said this is not a case, this is a case that should have ended. 

[TAPPER]  I have... 

[TRUMP]  This judge is giving us unfair rulings. Now I say why? Well, I want to - I'm building a wall, OK, and it's a wall between Mexico, not another country...”


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Blacks Arrested For Contraband Twice As Often Though Much Less Likely To Have Contraband

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/blacks-2x-as-likely-to-be-arrested-for.html

Alan: Blacks are arrested - and prosecuted - at least twice as often as whites for the "contraband" crimes that most often put Americans behind bars. 

If white people were incarcerated as often as blacks for the crimes both commit with the same regularity, and if blacks were incarcerated for the crimes they commit as often as whites are for those same crimes, the "black prison time" figure of 32% (above) would be cut in half and the "white prison time" figure of 6% would double.

The situation is further complicated because it is much harder for released blacks to find work than it is for released whites, making persistent black unemployment a source of recidivism.

Are there any circumstances under which you would hire Jamal ahead of James?

The Future Of Race In America: TED Talk By Michelle Alexander, Author Of "The New Jim Crow"




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