Nope. They don’t. Keep defending subtle racism (or not so subtle in this case).

From a policy standpoint, one attempts to draw awareness to systemic racism that categorizes Black boys from pre-k, and the other is just an insult based on the racial makeup of schools in a particular area. But do go on about how they’re the same.

“School to prison pipeline” is different from “crime factory.” The school to prison pipeline argument seeks to address how systemic racism leads Black kids, especially Black boys, to be disciplined more harshly than their white peers, leading to a decrease in academic learning time and greater chance of dropping out. Then, systemic racism leads them to be unfairly targeted by LEOs, receive harsher punishments for misdemeanors than their white peers, and wind up in prison at higher rates (compared to the overall population) than their white peers.

Calling a school with a high POC:white ratio a “crime factory” is a racist dog whistle.