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Well I heard there is Polafia in Chicago (and maybe some other places).

ALonzo you may be right. I read somwhere that middle class black kids are less likely to abuse drugs than middle class white kids (but drugs and crimes don't always mix so that theory is still suspect). Hovever in your ladder theory why dismiss the hispanics, asians and other races. WHy do you think...

The issue of race raises its ugly head. Frankly we would be better of talking about behavior in terms of culture rather than race because race implies gentic vs behavioral issue and that raises especially touchy issues. Global studies of crime show a persistant pattern of culture and crime. Asian cu...