There are more than 1 million African Americans in prison in the U.S, more than the number of prison

[The Straight Story]

There are more than 1 million African Americans in prison in the U.S, more than the number of prisoners in all of Africa.

Injustice Facts ?@InjusticeFacts

[grasswire]

1. when will the progressive Americans take this on as a campaign issue?

Shameful. The damage done to these families. Shameful.

[thelordofhell]

2. Richard Pryor On Prisons

[liberalmuse]

3. What this country is doing to young black males is unconscionable.

This is unacceptable.

[rwsanders]

4. It is why I have a difficult time understanding the disconnect between Republican views and reality.

They don't want to fund prenatal care, head-start programs, food stamps, schools, after school programs, higher education; they do want to flood inner cities with guns; they want to ship all of the jobs overseas; and then yell 'get a job' to everyone else.
When I look at African-Americans and they look back without hatred, I am amazed and overwhelmed at times. If I was in their situation I would be raving and angry.

[freshwest]

7. +1

[malaise]

8. +1,000

Time for Obama to step in on this one

[SunSeeker]

5. That, and taking the right to vote away from released felons, is the modern day Jim Crow.

There's a great book on the topic by Michelle Alexander.

http://www.newjimcrow.com/reviews.html

[John2]

6. The U.S.

also has 422 Billionaires and the second country is China with only 66. The U.S. also has over 4 million (millionaires) with the second country ( Japan) at over 1 million. The U.S. is also the richest country in the World with a 15 trillion dollar economy. somebody is doing pretty good in this Economy.

[limpyhobbler]

9. dang.

post of the day.

[Honeycombe8]

10. Are you saying they didn't break the law? Only the white prisoners did? nt

[Fumesucker]

11. Are you saying that blacks in American are naturally more criminally minded than non blacks? n/t

[gollygee]

14. It doesn't sound like you've read much about this issue

Here are a couple of articles to start:

http://globalgrind.com/news/blacks-30-percent-more-likely-jail-whites-same-crime-details

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/michelle-alexander-more-black-men-in-prison-slaves-1850_n_1007368.html

[Bonobo]

12. Some stats tell it all. This is one of them. nt

[99Forever]

13. American exceptionalism...

... on display.

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Oh, sure, I suppose you think we shouldn't spend tax dollars to put nonviolent pot smokers in prison

I suppose you'd let them out, so they could smoke their pot, and then they'd have smoked their pot, and then they'd be high.

And not in prison.

But high.

Yeah, that would be great. There'd be non violent pot smokers out minding their own business non violently smoking pot, instead of in prison, where they belong.