<p>You're not looking at the 1 in 5 statistic comparatively. I'm not sure what the figures for other demographics are, but that says that about 20% of African Americans are "bad," and the percentage for whites is likely a lot smaller. In fact, the similar statistic for the Hispanic population is probably even more than 20%. So, while not a majority of minorities are criminals (I use this word loosely.), the majority of the entire population that are criminals is from the minority demographics.</p>