African American Males
Background
Can you imagine getting a phone call from a family member in jail? This thought went through my head as I saw that one out ten of my classmates had or have a family member incarcerated. Being an African American female incarceration never really crossed my mind on how many people in my cultural are going to jail for crimes that they didn’t commit, minor crimes, and because of the way they look. For example, African American males are being imprisoned all over the United States for crack, cocaine, weed, and the modern day Ecstasy (Molly). Growing up in a community where I experienced drug use, my family wouldn’t allow me to pre-take on these bad habits from the examples above. As I witnessed child hood friends going to prison before the age of fourteen and fifteen, I always thought that it will be better for them once they got out if they were giving a second chance. Looking back into history I found that the government was the primary reason for African American males and females being incarcerated. Furthermore, cocaine and crack was place in black communities to entrap African Americans from better themselves in this society. For instance, education, jobs, and knowledge are some of the things African American won’t have a real shot at getting before the age sixteen. Like most blacks, this is seen as the second generation of the Jim Crow Law, which prevents blacks from getting ahead before whites. Once African American males are convicted of a felony they lose their rights to vote in some states and looked as a second class citizen living in the United States. Research as labeled the United States for having the worst justice system, because of the increasing amount of people going to jail. Also, study showed that African American makeup 30% of the United States and is leading race with 60% for being incarcerated. Moreover, it was shown that once African American is labeled as a felon they will go back to the streets because they are limited to
Can you imagine getting a phone call from a family member in jail? This thought went through my head as I saw that one out ten of my classmates had or have a family member incarcerated. Being an African American female incarceration never really crossed my mind on how many people in my cultural are going to jail for crimes that they didn’t commit, minor crimes, and because of the way they look. For example, African American males are being imprisoned all over the United States for crack, cocaine, weed, and the modern day Ecstasy (Molly). Growing up in a community where I experienced drug use, my family wouldn’t allow me to pre-take on these bad habits from the examples above. As I witnessed child hood friends going to prison before the age of fourteen and fifteen, I always thought that it will be better for them once they got out if they were giving a second chance. Looking back into history I found that the government was the primary reason for African American males and females being incarcerated. Furthermore, cocaine and crack was place in black communities to entrap African Americans from better themselves in this society. For instance, education, jobs, and knowledge are some of the things African American won’t have a real shot at getting before the age sixteen. Like most blacks, this is seen as the second generation of the Jim Crow Law, which prevents blacks from getting ahead before whites. Once African American males are convicted of a felony they lose their rights to vote in some states and looked as a second class citizen living in the United States. Research as labeled the United States for having the worst justice system, because of the increasing amount of people going to jail. Also, study showed that African American makeup 30% of the United States and is leading race with 60% for being incarcerated. Moreover, it was shown that once African American is labeled as a felon they will go back to the streets because they are limited to