kwame's pointed to a major issue. and here is what i think needs to be
contemplated:
what happens when those black incarcerated men and women return to
society? if they were felons, they mostly can't vote, can't get jobs due
to background checks, can't get federal housing, or state supported
housing, unless they have a full-time job. in other words, they often
have no options but crime to survive. so they become "recidivists,"
unless sponsored somehow to have some kind of institutionalized
employment. this is an insane social structure.
ken
On 6/18/16 1:06 PM, kwame zulu shabazz wrote:
> Black Americans were incarcerated in state prisons at an average rate of 5.1 times that of white Americans, the report said, and in some states that rate was 10 times or more. The US is 63.7% non-Hispanic white, 12.2% black, 8.7% Hispanic white and 0.4% Hispanic black, according to the most recent census.
>
> Read more here:
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/18/mass-incarceration-black-americans-higher-rates-disparities-report
>
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