Incarcerations are not persecutions. Arguably a negligible number of percecutions occur in the U.S., as most of the incarcerations are due to violent crimes. Most of the Uyghur re-education camps (which is just one of many examples known and unknown) are not due to violent crimes, but ethnic or political backgrounds (I.e. persecutions)
There is a strong legacy component to African Americans and violent crime. You either believe that they are simply more inclined to violent crimes, or there's societal factors out of their control that push them towards that, such as denial of opportunities or institutionalized discrimination.
These types of things have long lasting effects to this day, that affect the African American population. Saying that they are now committing violent crimes so that it's justified is a copout on the factors that lead to it.
For example prestigious universities have strong bias towards legacy applicants. If your forefathers were incarcerated by discriminatory laws in the past, you're unlikely to be a legacy admission, or benefit from any legacy policies in society.
