The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The US makes up of 4 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated people. Within the population of the United States whites make up 64 percent, Hispanics make up 16 percent and blacks make up 13 percent. Between 1984 and 2014 the incarceration rate has increased by more than 400 percent. With the problem of mass incarceration there comes a lot of related problems. One question that should be answered
system of mass incarceration. She believed that the system of mass incarceration and the Jim Crow shared similar characteristics that of which used discrimination to target a certain racial group of low social well being Alexander attempts to emotionally persuade readers that there is indeed a new caste system in the united states of America and that of which strives to cause discrimination and corruption among communities, Alexander continues to liken both Jim crow and mass incarcerations to one
Essay Prompt #1 It is no secret that racial disparities exist within the criminal justice system. It is shocking that the number of racial disparities continues to grow even after the advancement of technology within the system. According to the Sentencing Project (2017), sentencing policies, implicit racial bias, and socioeconomic inequality are all factors that contribute to the racial disparities in the criminal justice systems. In order to address these disparities we must first look at
Fahey Clark Afro 215 Final Essay December 8th, 2014 The Wire The message in which The Wire portrays can be related to a limitless number of problems in today’s society, especially with the mass corruption of The Justice System. This corruption up top generates a change amongst the people who are forced to live and abide by society’s condescending law book. This is where drugs come in; with such a dishonorable chain of authority, the people living in these famished neighborhoods are forced to make
father’s passing, and age milestones theorized by Erikson, Piaget, and others. After applying these concepts to my life, I was able to have a greater understanding of my identity, doubts, methods in which I was raised, and ultimately myself. In this essay, I will be exploring the developmental concepts that have most influenced my development, as I understand it. I grew up in a small town in California, in the back bay of the east Bay Area. Martinez is an industrial city, originally built for families
Statistically, black women today have an all time low in terms of marriage rates compared to women of different races. Marriage rates among black women has never been at the same rate of their white counterparts. One of the contributing factors to this plight is men, specifically the economical circumstances and position of black men. The article “Too Few Good Men? Available Partners and Single Motherhood among Latinas, African Americans, and Whites” by Lisa Catanzarite and Vilma Ortiz presents data