Kahn, A., & Kirk, C. (2015, August 9). What It's Like to Be Black in the Criminal Justice System. Slate. Retrieved from: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/08/racial_disparities_in_the_criminal_justice_system_eight_charts_illustrating.html
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Disparity in the Criminal Justice System Against African Americans
This article goes into detail about eight main assertions that African Americans are discriminated
against in the criminal justice system. These assertions detail the increased likelihood of African
Americans to have harsher penalties than Caucasians who committed the same offense. One example
is a study in 2012 which found that “black men’s sentences were, on average, 10 percent longer than
those of their white peers” (Kahn pg. 1). This study as well as the other studies that support the
assertions that this article makes were conducted all over the country, reinforcing that institutional
racism is clearly apparent in the criminal justice system.
Kahn, A., & Kirk, C. (2015, August 9). What It's Like to Be Black in the Criminal Justice System. Slate. Retrieved from: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/08/racial_disparities_in_the_criminal_justice_system_eight_charts_illustrating.html
Kahn, A., & Kirk, C. (2015, August 9). What It's Like to Be Black in the Criminal Justice System. Slate. Retrieved from: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/08/racial_disparities_in_the_criminal_justice_system_eight_charts_illustrating.html
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I read a similar article and found the same things. My article also discussed that harsher the harsher sentences were given for similar or the same crimes committed. The fact that black people are punished more harshly for similar crimes proves there is an aspect of institutional racism. The real question now is what can we do to help create more equality in the system
ReplyDeleteSo what can we do? What are possible solutions?
DeleteI agree that institutional racism is still a huge issue in the United States. Even though this particular topic has gotten some publicity recently, I think the only way to help combat institutional racism is to educate people about it and this article is a great piece of evidence to use. I really liked how the two authors of this piece included the graphs, because for some people it is easier to comprehend the facts when shown visually.
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