Hold on you get to it in just a second....
or is it about racism of individuals in the system?
...and there we go.
Does the study proving systemic racism as link posted by
@UKMikey suggest
Why yes it does, the full conclusion quite clearly shows that, in particular the last paragraph, in which they explain that other factors are not able to explain the findings.
You also seem to have missed sections such as:
"Thus, both national and Massachusetts-specific studies find substantial racial disparities in policing practices, suggesting that our results based on available data following the filing of charges may underestimate the true magnitude of racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal justice system."
or this
"Research shows that police officers stop, search, and arrest more Black and Brown people than White people.22 One nationwide study of nearly 100 million traffic stops found that police stop Black drivers more frequently than White drivers.23 That study also found that the disparity substantially decreases after dark, which makes explanations other than racial bias, such as differences in driving conduct, unlikely.2"
or this
"Figure 8 shows the distribution of offense level of the governing offense by race. It does not include every charge in the case. It includes only the governing offense, which is the most serious charge. For example, in 63% of the cases brought against White defendants, the 21 most serious charge is of one of the three lowest offense levels and in .8% of the cases it is of one of the three highest offense levels. Whereas in 55% of the cases brought against Black defendants, the most serious charge is of one of the three lowest offense levels and in 1.8% of cases it is one of the three highest offense levels. Figure 8 shows that overall, Black and Latinx defendants are more likely to be charged with higher severity offenses."
I can keep going, but the end result will be simply quoting the vast majority of a report that shows that at every stage of the judicial process a racial bias exists, when it's that widespread in terms of scale and scope we have a term to explain it, its call 'systemic racism'!
I actually think this study is well made, because they are aware of certain things and I qouted them.
No, you quote mined it in an attempt to reduce the actual scale and impact of its findings, doing so is dishonest.
In every example you quote, you have excluded additional information that adds context and changes meaning, two are covered in the conclusion I have quoted in full. The third one you quoted...
"The data analyzed below do not allow us to conclusively isolate the impact of unconscious bias, prejudice, and racism in generating the disparities we document. "
..which in isolation would seem to support a claim of it not being systemic, however, you didn't quote the very next sentence, which reads...
"We supplement our data analysis with additional research from across the country where relevant and a review of the history of racial disparities in criminal justice more broadly (see Appendix 1) to provide context and insight into possible explanations for the disparities we document."
...and covers the material, research and findings that do support a claim of it being systematic.
In other words, you have, not once, but on three separate occasions, selectively quoted material out of context.
I will be blunt, I do not believe you have done this accidentally.
