content: Problem is when you define crime in a way to specifically include black people but exclude white people n 1986, the U.S. Congress passed the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 which, amongst other things, created a 100 to 1 sentencing disparity for crack vs. powder cocaine possession, which some people consider to be a racist law which discriminates against minorities,[2][3][4] who are more likely to use crack than powder cocaine. People convicted in federal court of possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine will receive a minimum mandatory sentence of 5 years in federal prison. On the other hand, possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine carries the same sentence.[2][3] Some other authors, however, have pointed out that the Congressional Black Caucus backed the law, which they say implies that the law cannot be racist.[5][6][7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_the_War_on_Drugs Shamelessly stolen from wikipedia because doing extensive research for internet comments is rarely a task that is rewarded. From what I recall there have also been tons of studies that compare trials where the circumstances are equal other then the skin of perp in which the end result was that on average black people got higher sentences and conviction rates. Anyone that excuses black people from committing crimes is an imbecile but that doesn't mean that poverty and racism never happens and doesn't end causing populations from being more likely then average to commit crimes.