> Even though research shows people of all races are about equally likely to have broken the law by growing, smoking, or selling marijuana, black people are much more likely to have been arrested for it.
A. the person to have convictions for dealing, not just possession, and
B. mobster-era Italians to be just about as likely to engage in illegal bookmaking and racketeering as the general population, and
C. a history of hundreds of years of imposing underclass status on Italians (like that imposed on African Americans), with modern-day policing skewed very heavily against them.
But even ignoring that and assuming this was fully for racist reasons, should that have any impact on those choosing to hire people? Even if the justice system is racist, that is a problem that belongs to the justice system.