Racial Discrimination
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DOES THE CRMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OPERATE FARELY ??
RACIAL DISCRIMINATION STARTED DECADES AGO
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JIM CROW
- Racial segration law enacted in 1876 and 1975
- Mandated racial segration in all public facilities
- In 1890 a"separate but equal"status for African American
- Segrated public schools,public places,and public transportation
- Segration of restrooms ,restaurants and drinking fountains for white and blacks
AFRICAN AMERICAN HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONSTANT CONTROL OF WHITES
- Drugs arrests
- Police arrests
- Prosecutions
- Convictions
*Drug arrests
-14 million white Americans and 2.6 million African Americans using illicit drugs
-5times as many white Americans are using drugs as African American
-African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of white Americans.
*Arrest
-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
-African American represent 26% of juvenile,46% of the youth who are judicially youth admitted to state prisons.
*Prosecutions
-49% of prison inmates nationally are African American compared to their 13% share of overall population
-nearly one in three (32%) of black males in the age group of 20-29 is under criminal justice supervision
*Conviction
-14 million white Americans and 2.6 million African Americans using illicit drugs
-5times as many white Americans are using drugs as African American
-African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of white Americans.
*Arrest
-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
-African American represent 26% of juvenile,46% of the youth who are judicially youth admitted to state prisons.
*Prosecutions
-49% of prison inmates nationally are African American compared to their 13% share of overall population
-nearly one in three (32%) of black males in the age group of 20-29 is under criminal justice supervision
*Conviction
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STATISTICS
- In 2007 there were 2,293,157 people housed in a state prison
- In 2006 37% of all incarcerated males were black
- In 2006 9% of prison population was made up as Hispanics
- In 2005 0.7% of prison population was all white men
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CRACK/POWDER COCAINE
- Average amount of time spent in jail 5years
- For powder cocaine 5-10years in prison
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COMPARISONS NON WHITE AND WHITE
- Black men were more than six times as likely as whites men to be incarcerated
- In 2010,the incarceration rate for white men under local , state and federal was 678 per 100,000
- In 2010, the incarceration rate for black men was 4,347 per 100,000
- In 2010, the incarceration rate for Hispanic men was 1,755 per 100,000
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VICTIMS OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
MY PRODUCTS
- Survey
- Public service announcement
- Two Videos of victims that was racial profiled by police officers
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STEPS I TOOK TO CREATE MY SURVEY
- Research
- Create questionnaires
- Establish the goal of my project
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STEPS I TOOK TO CREATE MY TWO VIDEOS
- Questions
- A person of racial profiling
- A judge that know the criminal system
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I LEARNED
- I learned the criminal justice system is not fare and show racial discrimination in different ethnic groups
- I learned that 25 out 60 under age children know there rights under the law
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