Frightening statistic of the day - Incarceration Rates
From Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress by Becky Petit. Five percent of white men and 28 percent of black men born between 1975 and 1979 spent at least a year in prison before reaching age thirty-five. The risks of spending time in prison for this birth cohort were significantly higher among high school dropouts: 28 percent of white and 68 percent of black dropouts had spent at least a year in prison by 2009 (emphasis mine). If this doesn't give you pause, well, it should. But wait, it gets worse. Check out the following stats > 1% of American adults is living in prison >3% of American adults is under some form of correctional supervision (probation, parole, etc.) Shortly, >30% of black men will have served time in prison Keep those numbers in mind as you walk around today. And remember, this isn't happening in " that bad neighborhood over on the other side of the tracks ", its happening everywhere ...