the wheel speaks on 2013 – realistic explicit statistics?
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THE WHEEL SPEAKS ON 2013 – Realistic Explicit Statistics? Statistics don't necessarily tell you everything in particularly when we assess problematic issues that effect society such as crime and drugs. For instance the number of people incarcerated in this country in particularly the lopsided statistics when it comes down to a percentage of African American people incarcerated. Although it’s a known fact that has been spoken of for decades it seems to again be resurfacing when it comes down to the way across the country major cities are beginning to corral or run up the youth throughout urban communities. Cities are transitioned and when I speak of transitioning I am specifically saying it’s a process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another. Sometimes the transition is smooth and at times the transition can be rough and all don’t buy in or see the directive or simply see nothing to gain in the transitioning progress. Promises are made and promises are broken and people will be forgotten as well and sadly there will be those who even until the reality kicks them in the ass still won’t get it. And although it may be necessary to use methods that may seem extreme like having stings or raids to remove certain individuals who have been reclassified as undesirable it should be recognized that many have never had exposure to anything in these same communities in which was created for those who may have even aspired to be anything?
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I remember programs being snatched from the inner cities trades being non existent and eventually the flood gates opening within correctional facilities all around the country. Cattle is a classic example of how communities are migrated and kept together but not all livestock is considered to be domesticable and before those who will take offense to the comparison try to overlook the real issue I’ll go further with what is of course a personal assessment. I come from a city like so many throughout the United States presently where exclusivity in the last decade especially has become part of the culture and many people have been programmed not to expect fair bipartisan treatment and for years consistently haven’t. Cities are being run as if they’re monarchies and it’s assume to be to ones advantage if you’re compliance is public knowledge and is considered detrimental if one has an opinion. And with that being fact many remain quiet and detach to what happens in their own communities and in particularly how ones community can be simply ignored for decades. Young men have been ignored for decades and the percentages and numbers confirm that although one would love to say as a people we’ve progressed the freedom of an African American young male seems to be short lived, and the numbers support the assertion. Sophia Kerby wrote an article for the Center of American Progress in March of 2012 entitle The Top 10 Most Startling Facts About People of Color and Criminal Justice in the United States A Look at the Racial Disparities Inherent in Our Nation’s Criminal-‐Justice System (see mention article http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2012/03/13/11351/the-‐top-‐10-‐most-‐startling-‐facts-‐about-‐people-‐of-‐color-‐and-‐criminal-‐justice-‐in-‐the-‐united-‐states/ )
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While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned. The prison population grew by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005, a rate that is outpacing crime and population rates. The incarceration rates disproportionately impact men of color: 1 in every 15 African American men and 1 in every 36 Hispanic men are incarcerated in comparison to 1 in every 106 white men. The article also makes it crystal clear with statistics to support the facts: According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime. Individuals of color have a disproportionate number of encounters with law enforcement, indicating that racial profiling continues to be a problem. A report by the Department of Justice found that blacks and Hispanics were approximately three times more likely to be searched during a traffic stop than white motorists. African Americans were twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police. Yet many prominent African American high-‐ranking officials working comfortably within city government and councils seem to be more consume with finding the wrong alternatives. Re-‐establishing programs which for decades may have been vital to the nurturing many of the youth in my generation truthfully may not be of significance at all society has change forever and yesterday can not be recaptured or relived.
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It’s time to cut it out with all the romanticizing about how it use to be and back in the days because it’s simply a dream that we live with that as the years go by has deteriorated into a nightmare. Honestly let think rationally and truthfully for a minute here back to when especially many in my age bracket were teenagers. We literally every single dude I knew played basketball or football or baseball depending on the season from sun up until sundown am I right? The parks playgrounds or any pace there may have been a hoop would be packed all damn day all of us waiting for winners or next patiently no fights argument were few waiting our turn to ball and if we lost doing it over and over the entire day into the evening until the sun would set. Now here’s the question how many of us right now actually even could envision this happening again in these times? These times where forget about the fact that the parks are few of course or haven’t been maintain for decades? But if you’re around a teenager these days or expose to the streets when was the last time you even saw a kid actually excited about leaving an Ipod Ipad or Iphone alone long enough to develop an interest for anything? There are those who exist that have passion for the same things we once had but the consensus would not be in agreement if we ask this question to who is important and that’s the young male themselves? (The below information is courtesy of the NAACP.org http://www.naacp.org/pages/criminal-‐justice-‐fact-‐sheet )
CRIMINAL JUSTICE FACT SHEET Incarceration Trends in America From 1980 to 2008, the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-‐from roughly 500,000 to 2.3 million people Today, the US is 5% of the World population and has 25% of world prisoners. Combining the number of people in prison and jail with those under parole or probation supervision, 1 in ever y 31 adults, or 3.2 percent of the population is under some form of correctional control Racial Disparities in Incarceration African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites Together, African American and Hispanics comprised 58% of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the US population According to Unlocking America, if African American and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates of whites, today's prison and jail populations would decline by approximately 50%
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One in six black men had been incarcerated as of 2001. If current trends continue, one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime 1 in 100 African American women are in prison Nationwide, African-‐Americans represent 26% of juvenile arrests, 44% of youth who are detained, 46% of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58% of the youth admitted to state prisons (Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice).
Drug Sentencing Disparities About 14 million Whites and 2.6 million African Americans report using an illicit drug 5 times as many Whites are using drugs as African Americans, yet African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of Whites African Americans represent 12% of the total population of drug users, but 38% of those arrested for drug offenses, and 59% of those in state prison for a drug offense. African Americans serve virtually as much time in prison for a drug offense (58.7 months) as whites do for a violent offense (61.7 months). (Sentencing Project) Contributing Factors Inner city crime prompted by social and economic isolation Crime/drug arrest rates: African Americans represent 12% of monthly drug users, but comprise 32% of persons arrested for drug possession "Get tough on crime" and "war on drugs" policies Mandatory minimum sentencing, especially disparities in sentencing for crack and powder cocaine possession
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In 2002, blacks constituted more than 80% of the people sentenced under the federal crack cocaine laws and served substantially more time in prison for drug offenses than did whites, despite that fact that more than 2/3 of crack cocaine users in the U.S. are white or Hispanic "Three Strikes"/habitual offender policies Zero Tolerance policies as a result of perceived problems of school violence; adverse affect on black children. 35% of black children grades 7-‐12 have been suspended or expelled at some point in their school careers compared to 20% of Hispanics and 15% of whites Effects of Incarceration Jail reduces work time of young people over the next decade by 25-‐30 percent when compared with arrested youths who were not incarcerated Jails and prisons are recognized as settings where society's infectious diseases are highly concentrated Prison has not been proven as a rehabilitation for behavior, as two-‐thirds of prisoners will reoffend Exorbitant Cost of Incarceration: Is it Worth It? About $70 billion dollars are spent on corrections yearly Prisons and jails consume a growing portion of the nearly $200 billion we spend annually on public safety.
(Statistics may also be track via the Bureau Of Justice http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=11 )
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And once again referencing Sophia Kerby’s article: Theses racial disparities have deprived people of color of their most basic civil rights, making criminal-‐justice reform the civil rights issue of our time. Through mass imprisonment and the overrepresentation of individuals of color within the criminal justice and prison system, people of color have experienced an adverse impact on themselves and on their communities from barriers to reintegrating into society to engaging in the democratic process. Eliminating the racial disparities inherent to our nation’s criminal-‐justice policies and practices must be at the heart of a renewed, refocused, and reenergized movement for racial justice in America. I sat in a meeting last year in my hometown listening to architects who ran to the door after a presentation and a few individuals at that time just really there to receive votes. The meeting was about a public park about to be constructed and still over and over again people were speaking about baseball fields and football fields or basketball courts when they don’t even maintain the ones existent right now. I stood and spoke about the arts computer training learning a trade or even PSAT training and preparation and constructing something that would be utilized to the fullest. There comes a time when instead of waiting for someone to throw us a bone the time has come for us to collectively nourish our own bones to what we can not to be in this same pathetic position 20 years from now all over again across the nation. If we don’t demand training if we don’t demand jobs and if we don’t cultivate our intuitive thirst by stepping outside of these personal jails many of us have allowed to be built around us speaking metaphorically we’ll never be free. And whether or not it’s realistic explicit or a statistic won’t be important at all because truthfully we’ve got this thing entirely twisted. Don’t ever assume that although you may feel as if you’re bless that accountability excludes any of us and I hated basketball when I was a kid but there was nothing else to do so I played. Imagine what the African American or Latino kids today might feel like especially when some people always seem truthfully like the first alternative is always to stereotypically assume they want to run or caught a damn sport. Learning a trade now may save a life tomorrow or especially twenty years from now. Respectfully, THE WHEEL SPEAKS ON 2013 (The Way Humanity/Hudson Expects Everyone to Live)