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In this report from 2008, black students in Florida were two and a half times more likely to be arrested, referred to court, and waived to adult courts:

http://www.iamforkids.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Promise...

In particular, black Florida youth were almost twice as likely to be referred to adult courts as white youth.

I knew about DWB (driving while black) but apparently, LWB (learning while black) is a "thing" too:

http://www.time.com/time/education/article/0,8599,238611,00....

Quote:

A study [...] reports that black students, although they made up just 30% of the population of Miami-Dade County public schools in 2000-01, accounted for half the school arrests in that district.



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