Some blacks see a racial double standard in Kavanaugh case
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October 3, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marcus Dixon was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in Georgia for having sex with an underage white girl when he was 18. Dayonn Davis, another black youth, got a five-year prison sentence for stealing a $100 pair of shoes at gunpoint when he was 15.
It's cases like those that minorities and others point to with frustration when they hear some of Brett Kavanaugh's defenders say the sexual assault and underage-drinking accusations against the Supreme Court nominee fall under the category of "Boys will be boys."
Some see a racial double standard at work, complaining that when yo...
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