African Americans today constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population‚ and one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime (“Criminal”‚ par.4).Since African Americans make up 13.3% of the American population‚ this number is incredibly high(Williams‚ par.1). These staggering numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans
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Introduction The trend of African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 has seen a dramatic increase of incarceration. Attention has been focusing on areas of housing‚ education‚ and healthcare but the most prominent problem for African American males is the increase in the incarceration rate. African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 incarceration rate has been thought‚ by many‚ to be caused by economic factors such as under employment or unemployment‚ poor housing‚ lack of
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The incarceration rate for African Americans in the United States are extremely high. African Americans make up the majority of prisoners in the United States. According to American Journal of Sociology‚ “ In 2009‚ African Americans were nearly six times more likely to be in prisoned than whites.” Admittedly‚ we as 21st century Americans are starting to be reacquainted with the injustice of the law as a whole because it seems as if almost every news story is centered around an African American being
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prison was devised by American reformers who believed that people should not be tortured and that criminals could be "reformed" by incarceration‚ labor‚ and "penitence." But with the rise of industrial capitalism‚ unpaid prison labor became a source of superprofits‚ a trend accelerated by the Civil War‚ and the "penitentiary" became the site of industrial slavery conducted under the whip and other savagery. Prior to the Civil War‚ the main form of imprisonment--African-American slavery--was‚ like
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Furthermore‚ in other major productions‚ criminal activities captivated the big screen and introduced African Americans as robbers‚ gangsters‚ prostitutes‚ drug dealers‚ and addicts. Directors would showcase black actors as being aggressive and engaging in disputes with other cast members. These senseless on-screen acts would lead to them violently beating up someone thus further leading to incarceration. By putting a black male or female in jail is a false accusation that all colored people behave in
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Throughout history‚ Mass Incarceration has heavily affected groups of African- Americans living in the United States. The War on Drugs launched the increase of the imprisonment of young black males across the country. Although‚ The War on drugs began over 30 years ago‚ it is a battle that we Americans continue to fight today. It is a battle‚ we have not yet conquered. With the launch of Ronald Reagan’s War on Drugs‚ thousands of people have been incarcerated for crimes that are not violent‚ but
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Proposal for Reparations of African Americans Teresa Burk Due to the fact that many African-Americans cannot trace their genealogy back more than three generations‚ It would be extremely difficult to distinguish between those who are descended from Freemen and those descended from Slaves. Therefore‚ although it should have some impact on reparations‚ we must take into account those who cannot trace their genealogy( approximately 3/4th of African- Americans). We also must remember that in
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Service Learning Project Proposal Before the beginning of the semester‚ I had put some thought about where to do my service learning community hours. I have previously been a resident of Pueblo Del Mar transitional housing program for families in recovery‚ and I had the wonderful experience of working in the community garden with Iris and Javier. I was so blessed by their presence and I remember looking forward to the time in the week when it was acceptable to get my hands dirty in the rich earthy
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How to Write a Project Proposal (for your final thesis or doctoral/ postdoctoral project) INTRODUCTION When applying for a scholarship within MULTIC to write your final thesis for your bachelor/master/doctoral studies or if you are applying for a full PhD or a Postdoc position‚ you are asked to submit a project proposal‚ at least in part‚ since individually led research is still the norm at most European universities. Naturally‚ the proposal should be more extensive‚ if you are applying for
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About Proposal Templates The following document is a typical business proposal template taken from one of the Proposal Packs available from my favorite proposal tools website. These stand-alone Proposal Packs were created for just about any type of proposal you can imagine: business proposals‚ grant proposals‚ technical proposals‚ project proposals‚ sales proposals‚ and many more. They are stand-alone sets of proposal templates designed using industry standard guidelines. Each Proposal Pack
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