Next time someone tells you we live in a post-racial world– after all, we have a black president– show them these stats.

1. The number of black men currently in the United States prison system is higher than the number of black men who were slaves in the South before the war.
2. There is a 32 percent chance that a black male will be in prison during his lifetime. For white males, the chance is 6 percent.

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