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