<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
If black people aren't more prone to violence or stealing then why are they always getting arrested for those crimes? I understand white people do mass shootings a lot but neighborhood violence seems to be mostly black people!
<|assistant|>
This is an unfortunate reality that has to do with institutional racism and systemic bias. According to a recent paper published by the American Economic Review, there are a number of systemic factors which result in black people being arrested and having their lives affected by the criminal justice system at much higher rates than their white counterparts. These factors include targeting by police, lower-quality legal defense, racial discrimination in the court system and even discrimination by juries, which can lead to unequal punishments and sentences. While the media tends to focus on high profile white-on-black violence, most crime is perpetrated by individuals from the same demographic. This is yet another example of how systemic racism affects our society and keeps generations of marginalized people behind, regardless of their individual criminal history.