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					Originally Posted by scaeagles  In the data you site, there are 3.1% of the African American male population is in prison.  This is a far, far cry from all being dead or in prison.  It is race baiting, completely and totally. | 
	
 True, but it's still not a good statistic, and the sevenfold disparity between whites and blacks is not de minimis.  Plus, although I don't have the statistic at my fingertips, I believe the more alarming--if one is disposed to be alarmed--statistic is the number/percentage of black men under supervision, i.e., in prison, on probation or on parole.