Very revealing post from another board I frequent.

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41. Maybe the judge is aware

that black men get arrested more frequently or maybe the judge was aware that black men are racially profiled and convicted at higher rates etc. A black man has to walk a tigher line to avoid being arrested in our society, so to me the fact that he has never been arrested attests to a higher standard of conduct as compared to the average white man. While you may be offended, what did judge do? Did he use that information in favor of your brother? As a white man aware that racial prejudice exists within my own mind, I guard against taking action based on that prejudice and hiopefully that is what the judge did. He should have seen a person that had been held to a higher standard and had met it. Knowing more by asking questions is not always evidence of racially motivated action. Sometimes it is just to be as fair as possible, but obviously you felt different. What actually happened after that remark?