Systemic Racism is non-existent.

"I argue that systematic racism does exist and this is clearly shown in the US justice system. African Americans are far more likely to go to prison for drug charges than white citizens. According to the NAACP "African Americans and whites use drugs at similar rates, But the imprisonment rate of African Americans for drug charges is almost 6 times that of whites. " This clearly shows systematic racism in the US justice system. " I believe that it is possible that there are racist people out there who are making the statistics lean towards black people, However, There is nothing in United States law that makes any discrimination towards blacks or any minority for that matter. We can sit here and talk about how the police are racist and they're arresting black people just because they hate black people, Or we could find a specific person/persons that are racist and I'll fight with you. The problem with saying that there is systemic racism in this country is that it is too vague. That's like going into the doctor and saying, "I hurt, " and then telling the doctor that it is his job to diagnose you with that little detail. You need to give me a specific group/institution that is racist, And provide evidence for it, And I'll go fight it with you. The problem lies when we can't identify the system/law/person that is racist, And so we're just complaining to complain. Racism is bad, And I hate it, But U. S. Law isn't racist and that's the bottom line. Also, Side note, The NAACP is just about the most biased source you could have possibly used for your data, Not saying that it isn't correct, But I'd avoid using sources that are very clearly biased in your future debates. Here is the data that I found from the National Library of Medicine/National Institutes of Health: https://www. Ncbi. Nlm. Nih. Gov/pmc/articles/PMC5614457/ By the way the definition for "systematic" is as follows: done or acting according to a fixed plan or system; methodical. There is no fixed plan or system in U. S. Law that calls for discrimination towards blacks or any group of minorities. "In addition, A study conducted by the National Registry of Exonerations showed that African Americans people are 7 times more likely than white people to be wrongly convicted of murder. " This is an unbiased source, And one that I believe, But Blacks are also statistically more likely to actually commit murder than whites, And I think that's the best/only way to explain that radical statistic. What's sad is that there are 5. 5x more white people in this country than black, And still blacks are responsible for roughly 800 more murders per year than whites. Also, If the black and white populations were exactly equal, Meaning that I divided all white numbers of crime by 5. 5 to make the ratios equal, Whites would have committed about 2300 rapes to the black's 5400. If you use those same mathematics, The ratios remaining equal, Blacks overall just commit more crime. You know what's an easy way to not end up in jail? Don't commit a crime. "My opponent said that he was against Affirmative Action because just because a group of people was discriminated at one time, Doesn't mean that it is discriminated against and is at a disadvantage. I would argue that when a group of people gets discriminated against, Even after society tries to stop this discrimination, Not only is there irreparable damage like death e. G. Lynching, But also damage that will continue to follow that group of people like the modern day KKK is still harassing African Americans. Also, That group of people never fully rehabilitates because of few people who still discriminate against them e. G. KKK. " There are going to be cults to go against any group of people. Yes, I would call Black Lives Matter a cult. Neo-Nazis are still a thing sadly, The KKK is still a thing sadly. I don't agree with these groups of people, But just because they're racist doesn't mean they don't have the right to say what they want to say. Of course this is called into question when they call direct violence onto someone, But that's a different story. Thank you for accepting the debate Con, And I quite enjoyed that. Thank you for being so civil as well. :D