The Warehousing of Human Beings.
The For Profit Prison Industry Part 1
Whites: 393 per 100,000
Latinos: 957 per 100,000
Blacks: 2,531 per 100,000
Gender is an important "filter" on the who goes to prison or jail, June 30, 2005:
Females: 129 per 100,000
Males: 1,371 per 100,000
Look at just the males by race, and the incarceration rates become even more frightening, June 30, 2005:
White males: 709 per 100,000
Latino males: 1,856 per 100,000
Black males: 4,682 per 100,000
If you look at males aged 25-29 and by race, you can see what is going on even clearer, June 30, 2005:
For White males ages 25-29: 1,682 per 100,000.
For Latino males ages 25-29: 3,884 per 100,000.
For Black males ages 25-29: 11,955 per 100,000. (That's 11.9% of Black men in their late 20s.)
Or you can make some international comparisons:
South Africa under Apartheid was internationally condemned as a racist society.
South Africa under apartheid (1993), Black males: 851 per 100,000
U.S. under George Bush (2004), Black males: 4,919 per 100,000
The For Profit Prison Industry Part 1
On December 31, 2005, there were 2,193,798 people in U.S. prisons and jails. The United States incarcerates a greater share of its population, 737 per 100,000 residents, than any other country on the planet. But when you break down the statistics you see that incarceration is not an equal opportunity punishment
Whites: 393 per 100,000
Latinos: 957 per 100,000
Blacks: 2,531 per 100,000
Gender is an important "filter" on the who goes to prison or jail, June 30, 2005:
Females: 129 per 100,000
Males: 1,371 per 100,000
Look at just the males by race, and the incarceration rates become even more frightening, June 30, 2005:
White males: 709 per 100,000
Latino males: 1,856 per 100,000
Black males: 4,682 per 100,000
If you look at males aged 25-29 and by race, you can see what is going on even clearer, June 30, 2005:
For White males ages 25-29: 1,682 per 100,000.
For Latino males ages 25-29: 3,884 per 100,000.
For Black males ages 25-29: 11,955 per 100,000. (That's 11.9% of Black men in their late 20s.)
Or you can make some international comparisons:
South Africa under Apartheid was internationally condemned as a racist society.
South Africa under apartheid (1993), Black males: 851 per 100,000
U.S. under George Bush (2004), Black males: 4,919 per 100,000
11 comments:
Look from the statistics. we can know this is a racial society, on e of friends on EbonyFriends.com told me the discrimination is serious.
That's very true Daniel. However I suspect this problem transcends mere racism. It suggests our nation has developed an opportunistic institution that preys upon human beings for profit. A justice system willing to trade the souls of human beings for money.
This problem has extended beyond racism and become de facto Satanism.
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DV,
The whole process is a game for profit my brother. As I stated once before I have been in jail. So I know a little about this. First, it starts with profiling. Brothers are stopped and locked up more often than any other race of people. That is from the justice departments own admission last year. Then from there you owe the lawyers, the town/city court system fines and penalties. Then you may loose your job while in the system. Then when you get out you cannot get a job so one possibly resorts to crime to survive.
Additionally, there is a marketing side that goes on. Music, TV, movies glorify the gangster/thug life. White kids listen to the music but most can't fully identify with the character(s). Black kids hear the music... see the video and say that person looks like me. He is black and I am black. He is portrays a thug and has all the women,cars,chains,money and is well liked by his entourage/peers & fans... That's what I want. Now his lyrics say this is how he obtained all of these pleasures/fruits. So I will follow him. It's all a trap. A clever mouse trap at that. So please my brother understand what's going on. This is not about freedom of speach... This is a crisis with the main objective is the reduction of the black race in America. Think about it. First welfare reform to discourage black women from having children. Lax immigration to allow the Mexicans to replace blacks as the working lower class with zero rights to protest or vote(See how they beat their asses in L.A... Reminded me of the 60's black and white videos). Limited funding for urban schools but they can find multi billions to fund an unjust war.
Think about it... The Pat Robertson "Think Tank" has devised an well orchestrated process. Only a chosen few blacks are allowed to prosper... So the argument can be made that if you work hard in this country you can be like Will Smith too. It's all a game ... ALL the important assets are owned by the man. We don't own anything... Not even hiphop my brother. That's why this is war... and as a warrior we have to do everything we can to avoid the landmines setup to destroy you and I.
Regards,
Anon
Excellent Post Anon.
However I think your interpretation of the causational relationship between the disproportionate numbers of black men warehoused in the for-profit prison industry, and the music to which they happen to listen, Hip Hop, is linear and over-simplistic.
#1 Hip Hop is a subset of, and to some extent a reflection of, a much larger popular culture characterized by radical secularism, conspicuous consumption and enormous pressures to conform.
#2 Despite what older out of touch reactionaries believe based upon the few radio snippets or videos they consume, Hip Hop is dynamic and multidimensional. There is no singular message. In fact, Hip Hop, by definition is a battleground of competing ideas.
In this increasingly Orwellian nation, Hip Hop is one of the few remaining media mechanisms for anyone other than the power elite to speak to the masses. I suspect that is the underlining motivation behind the corporate media campaign to demonize it.
No, I don’t believe black men are disproportionately targeted because they are simply parroting the iconography of Hip Hop. I believe black men are disproportionately targeted for incarceration because they are the members of this Orwellian society least likely to conform.
Numbers don't lie. We as a people especially Black men need to be leaders to stop those of us from falling victim to the "mousetrap."
Forget the government programs because as was pointed out privatization has made profit over people the rule not the exception. Additonally, the "war on drugs"/3 strikes has helped to incarcerate too many of our people for BS.
We must take the initiative and change the life strategy of our youth to improve the fighting odds of the war anon spoke of.
"privatization has made profit over people the rule not the exception. " Damien
You are right D. Profit over people. Money over humanity.
"For the love of money is at the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows."
1 Timothy 6:10
I got a question, DV.
On the average, what are the crimes these guys are charged with?
Brother Mike! Where you been man?
I'm no expert, but I do know there are more black men doing 25 to life or non-violent drug offenses than there are black men doing 25 to life for violent crimes.
When it became profitable to incarcerate - the numbers of incarcerated exploded.
That fact speaks for itself.
"Brother Mike! Where you been man?"
I've been dealing with these knuckleheads from the Afrospear leadership group. Check out my blog.
In any case. We certainly are in agreement here.
Incidentally. Even though almost 5 percent of black males are incarcerated, that means 95% are not.
So much for the "there are no black men for black women theory."
Essentially, Reagan figured it was better to jail them and make money off them than having controlling the streets. Bush I and Clinton followed suit. When I was a kid in the 1980s, there were 600 gang murders per year in Los Angeles. Now, there are more like 250. It's wild. There was a big price to pay.
Big J
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