Breitbart News - Stanford University New York, San Francisco Study: Whites Want Harsher Prison Terms When Informed Blacks Disproportionately in Prisons ("Racial disparities" result from the humongously greater crime rates for blacks, and when comparing the same crime committed, the judge often sees that the black guy already has a rap sheet a mile long.)

Study: Whites Want Harsher Prison Terms When Informed Blacks Disproportionately in Prisons

When whites in New York City and San Francisco were informed that blacks disproportionately make up the country's prison population, they were actually more likely to support tougher sentencing laws.

Stanford University psychology researchers Rebecca Hetey and Jennifer Eberhardt "wanted to know whether making white people aware of racial disparities in incarceration would bolster or diminish their support for draconian policies." They conducted their experiments in San Francisco and New York – two of the most liberal cities in the country. In Psychological Science they revealed that "when white people were told about these racial disparities, they reported being more afraid of crime and more likely to support the kinds of punitive policies that exacerbate the racial disparities." ...

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/08/08/Stanford-Study-Whites-in-NYC-SF-Want-Harsher-Sentencing-Laws-When-Informed-Blacks-Disproportionately-in-Prisons