Does it surprise you that the average Black Canadian Man is just as likely to be in prison as his American counterpart?

[Anonymous]

"Black prisoners are one of the fastest-growing prison populations. They represent 9.2 per cent of the total incarcerated population, despite representing only about 3.5 per cent of the overall Canadian population."

https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cbjs-scjn/cbjsr-rsjcpn/information-renseignements.html

In USA, Blacks are 13% of population and 37% of prison population.

https://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/racial_and_ethnic_disparities/

Yes, that surprises me.

No, that doesn't surprise me.

[jennifer_bloom]

We should aim for cultural didactic infusions at the micro level to alleviate correlated crime and identity clusters in society, belittling phrases and suggestions do not reduce crime or strengthen community resolve.

[Asker]

What are "didactic infusions"?

[jennifer_bloom]

Didactic is the word for teaching that relates to psychological strategy and practical ideology rather than academic echelons or direct financial budgeting habits. Infusions means transferring the locus of personal control and growth from one party to another through tangible or beneficial mental and physiological innovation, to be short about it.

[Asker]

Oh, like DEI? Like I am taught what to think and how to see the world?

[jennifer_bloom]

No. One type of didactic infusion is telling people to remove toxic thoughts from their mind and words. Removing it from your mind removes brain killing habits and time wasting ones. Removing it from your words lets you net work with better people, reducing the risk of toxic relationships and improving your job seeking network.

[Asker]

So what does any of that have to do with the fact that Black people are more likely it be in prison in Canada and the USA?

[jennifer_bloom]

I said this can reduce prison rates because jobs and happy marriages reduce the rate of current or future criminals.

[KostasKouvalis]

Nope