Black people are more likely to be convicted of drug crimes even when they use drugs at the same rates as white people. Similar for traffic crimes.<p>Many crimes are poverty-related theft for subsistence, which rich people never need to be tempted with (as they get handouts from their parents) aren&#x27;t particularly relevant if someone gets a job that eliminates poverty. And childhood poverty is correlated to race.<p>So yeah, screening by criminal record is intertwined with structural racism.