Ah the poor rural whites thing. Some non coastal states by white vs black incarceration rate per 100,000
Kansas - 418 / 3306
Missouri - 495 / 233
Nebraska - 282 / 2452
Iowa - 324 / 3473
South Dakota - 508 / 4664
Minnesota - 216 / 2321 (Minnesota stands out for a higher rate still for their native population at 2646)
North Dakota - 245 / 1671 (See Minnesota 1984)
I could go on, but I think it is fair to say that pointing to the plight of rural noncoastal whites doesn’t change how disproportionate the enforcement of our nonpolitical crimes are. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/rates.html
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