U.S. PRISONS -- IN BLACK AND WHITE
Consider the racial nature of imprisonment in the U.S.. Using U.S. Census and other estimates derived from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, we have calculated imprisonment rates (we are now using only people in prison for these calculations) as of June,1994. These are shown in Table 2.
Table 2. Imprisonment Rates in the United States, 1994
Group Rate Compared to White Rate
Total 373 2.1
White People 176 1.0
Hispanic People 686 3.9
Black People 1489 8.5
www-unix.oit.umass.eduwhay are thare so miny in jail i realy can not exept that its be cuss thay are more bad black pepal that white pepal. thare are alot less black pepal in the usa than whites but yet White People 176 is so small.
my gess is be cuss when the black / Hispanic People are cimited of a crime thay can get fansy loyers like white pepal can.
and than just go to jail. be cuss thare pore.
What do all of these findings suggest? For starters, we cannot conclude how many African Americans or black males are actually guilty of committing crimes. We can only obtain data on the number of black males who are arrested for and convicted of a crime. While arrest rates are highly subjective, one could argue that a conviction is a guilty sentence in the eyes of the law. Though that is true, given the racial undertones and biases still present in the American judicial system, it seems highly unjust to assume that black crime statistics are a valid indication of the state of the entire community of African American males.
www.gpc.eduand wit all this it makes me more distrusting of bush. he raly meets with the black koces to dis sucss thes things and what can be dun about tham.
and his nuber on helping the pore are discrafull... he dus not help the pore at all ashaly he herts the pore in america. tering the discusing back to bush... geting back on topic
