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Old 01-14-2009, 08:16 PM
DrPhil DrPhil is offline
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94 View Post
There's always a risk of being accused of having said, "well minorities are responsible for/participate in all of society's ills at a disproportionate rate" and that's what I was thinking might happen. You've accurately stated what I was thinking in your "structurally" and "culturally" paragraphs.
It is also the case that certain racial and ethnic groups are disproportionately represented in forms of crime and deviance. In this instance, being represented in rates of teen pregnancy, out of wedlock births, and single motherhood.

Last edited by DrPhil; 01-14-2009 at 08:23 PM. Reason: better wording. :)
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