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"Robinson concludes that, rather than mulling over questions about fairness, 'a more probing question would be why so many African Americans commit crimes.'And, he further asks, 'If racial discrimination in employment, housing, and the criminal justice system are to be blamed for a high crime rate in black ghettos, why wasn't crime worse back in the 1930s, 1940's, and 1950s,' when blacks were severely discriminated against? "