Posted by gardenergirl on May 2, 2006, at 1:08:46
In reply to Re: About bigotry racer, posted by Phillipa on May 2, 2006, at 0:42:06
"Blacks and Hispanics make up 62 percent of the incarcerated population, though comprising only 25 percent of the national population" from U.S.: Incarceration Rates Reveal Striking Racial Disparities at Human Rights News.
and
"The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics 1990 indicates that national incarceration rates are also disproportional in the number of minorities present:*
(A) Whites 48.21% (343,550)
(B) African-Americans** 47.01% (334,952)
(C) American Indians/Alaskan Natives .84% ( 5,994)
(D) Asian/Pacific Islanders .35% ( 2,480)
(E) Not known 3.6% ( 5,587)* Hispanics are not included in these statistics.
** The provided data files use the term Black in reference to African and African-American; therefore, this article will use both African-American and Black interchangeably.Thus, statistics confirm that minority race members represent a disproportionately represented within the national criminal justice system." from "Incarceration Rate by Race" by David A Camp.
and
"Blacks, mostly poor and disadvantaged, especially are affected. While they make up just 12.3 percent of the U.S. population, they account for half the prison population and their numbers there have grown fivefold in the last 25 years. Hispanics, also poor, account for another 15 percent." from Stephen Lendman SF BayView.com 4/26/06
Regards,
gg
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