# SDMB Bigoted Asshole Omnibus Thread

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 29, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489 "2012-05-29T22:59:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@New\_Deal\_Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Deal_Democrat)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-bigoted-asshole-omnibus-thread/623489/1067 "2012-06-07T19:45:38Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> …and black people, then as now, made up about 12% of the population (8.8 million out of 76.1 million total). If your argument holds water, the crime rate should have been roughly comparable; after all, black people are genetically predisposed to murder and pillage, you say.
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> Strangely, it wasn’t. How do you explain that?

The criminal justice system was harsher then. Also, the family structure was stronger.

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