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originally posted by: Revolution9
Washington Post article:
Even more black people were lynched in the U.S. than previously thought, study finds
Researchers said they determined that 3,959 black people were killed in “racial terror lynchings” in a dozen Southern states between 1877 and 1950.
"1. While people of color make up about 30 percent of the United States’ population, they account for 60 percent of those imprisoned.
2. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one in three black men can expect to go to prison in their lifetime.
3. Students of color face harsher punishments in school than their white peers, leading to a higher number of youth of color incarcerated.
4. According to recent data by the Department of Education, African American students are arrested far more often than their white classmates.
5. African American youth have higher rates of juvenile incarceration and are more likely to be sentenced to adult prison.
6. As the number of women incarcerated has increased by 800 percent over the last three decades, women of color have been disproportionately represented
7. The war on drugs has been waged primarily in communities of color where people of color are more likely to receive higher offenses.
8. Once convicted, black offenders receive longer sentences compared to white offenders.
9. Voter laws that prohibit people with felony convictions to vote disproportionately impact men of color.
10. Studies have shown that people of color face disparities in wage trajectory following release from prison."
Guardian article:
Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people
"Guardian analysis finds 102 people killed by police so far this year were unarmed, and that agencies are killing people at twice the rate calculated by US government".
The Counted (Interactive)
People killed this year by police: 1033
Highest proportion of killed are black, followed by Hispanic then Native American:
Race and ethnicity per million total killed:
Black: 6.25
Hispanic/Latino: 3.05
Native American: 3.04
White: 2.61
Can you not see how twisted this all is and what picture statistics and analysis are painting?