According to Meck, there could only be two explanations for the statistics recited at the start of the article. Meck is in error. Meck can point to racism as the cause, but that is only hurting those that Meck intends to help.
Racism is the easiest answer.
Hey, just point to someone else and blame them for your problems. The solution to the problem lies in the black community's ability to value and promote personal responsibility, achievement and education - not anger, ignorance, and abdication of responsibility. Lower income, lesser educated blacks will never learn to accept personal responsibility as long as there are those like Meck who blame racism for the problems of blacks. Further, Californians do not want to spend their hard-earned money on the construction and administration of jails, nor do they want to see those jails filled with black men. They certainly do not want money that could otherwise go to education being diverted to such uses, but that is an unfortunate necessity.