... .). In 2004, Mitchell and Mckenzie conducted a formal meta-analysis of 85 different studies on race and sentencing. They concluded, after taking into account legally relevant variables such as defendant criminal history and offense seriousness, that Black and Hispanic defendants were generally sentenced more harshly than white defendants. While they found that legal factors were the strongest predictors of sentencing outcomes, race ... ...

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... peoples of color as a catalyst of dismantling white supremacy, where peoples of color join together in support of that common cause. Early coalitions, generally disregarded in the broad view of history, established by enslaved Africans, free Africans, and Native Americans, helped to combat the Eurocentric stereotypes internalized by Native and African Americans. In attempting to include whites in such a coalition, it ... ...

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