Bill Bennett

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When Jesse Jackson or Al sharpton gets out and talks about all the black men in jail, are they being racist? No - they are simply pointing out that a larger percentage of the black populaiton is in prison than the white population.

Now, one could argue that it is because the judicial system is racist. However, because of the racial makup of the prison population, it is logical to conclude that a larger percentage of black people commit crimes than white people. Does this make me a racist to say that? No.

There was a caller to Bennett's show who was saying that abortion should be opposed for economic reasons. Bennett said regardless of whether that was true or not, abortion should not be opposed or supported because of anything other than the morality of abortion itself. He said he could make an argument that aborting all black babies would reduce the crime rate. He then said it was a reprehensible idea.

So the problem is what?

The critics are most certainly taking his statement out of context.