A slight elevation of black inmates over whites relative to Vermont’s underlying demographics has been “judged” to be due to “systemic racism.”  There has been no thorough analysis of what proportion of these “inmates of color” are out-of-state transplants who have availed themselves of the lucrative fentanyl and heroin trafficking industry that is destroying Vermonters. A recent study seeks (p. 28) to "Explore opportunities to better analyze and reduce racial disparities in the criminal justice system." This is assisted by the previously-created “Racial Disparities in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice System Advisory Panel” (p. 34): Racial minorities are oftentimes in the position of defending themselves against the practice not only of intentional racism, but also of biases that are so embedded in our common ways of being that many people… are absolutely unaware of the exercise of these selfsame...(Read Full Post)