| Author says: US Conservatives are responsible for 1 in 9 young black males
in prison? Why? Author writes: "You know, if you've read today's headlines, that the "one in 100" figure represents the percentage of American adults now serving time in prison, according to a study by the Pew Center on the States. That figure confirms America's position as the world's No. 1 jailer.
But set aside that figure for a moment. The real number that should shock and appall us is the one in nine figure, as in one in every nine African-American men between the ages of 18 and 34 are in prison.
That is what has been happening in the African-American community for years, and the conservative movement has only had three responses: 1) ever-more punitive and racist sentencing practices, 2) cuts in programs that would help change the social and economic climate in African-American communities, and 3) sanctimonious finger-wagging.
It is time the conservative movement was called to account for this."
Are conservatives responsible for the incarceration of young black men in the US?
Article titled: "One in Nine: Conservatism's Strange Fruit":
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/one-nine-conservatisms-strange-fruit  |