perception lingers that justice remains far from color-blind. James B. Eaglin‚ chairman of the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice‚ was quoted as saying‚ There is a view in this country that if you’re poor and black or Hispanic or Native American‚ you won’t get a fair deal; and the basic contentions that there are biases at every level of the system are well founded (Simpson‚ 17). Awards for black victims in civil suits are a third or sometimes half the amount of those given to white plaintiffs
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History of Minority Populations in the Child Welfare System The child welfare system was created as the need to address the basic needs and provisions of poor children was more and more evident throughout the 19th century. Through the passing decades‚ the need to provide supportive services for these children’s families was also a concern. Among the agencies responsible for providing these services are state and county child protective services as well as adoption agencies and foster homes
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African American Males and Disparity in the Justice System XXX Cultural Diversity in Professions Within our justice system there is a large disparity between the total number of African American males living within our society and living within our prison walls. African Americans males are often faced with overcoming environmental‚ economic and sociological inequalities while growing up as well as a lack of opportunity. Many of these issues may in fact lead to un-proportional
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Health Disparities: Focus on the Filipino-American Population in the USA As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles‚ California‚ this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans‚ in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine’s Report on Unequal Treatment:
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Racial Disparities in the Judicial Systems Carlos Summons ENG122: English Composition II Instructor First Name Last Name August 5‚ 2013 Racial Disparities in the Judicial Systems Every year the people of the United States of America celebrate the Selma to Montgomery marches for voting rights‚ also known as Bloody Sunday‚ which occurred on March 7‚ 1965 in Alabama. Let’s not forget the individuals who stood up for civil rights like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Rosa Parks‚ Malcolm X‚ Gandhi‚ Thurgood
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of African Americans placed in the prison system. According to NAACP‚ from 1980 to 2008‚ the number of people incarcerated in America quadrupled-from roughly 500‚000 to 2.3 million and out of the 2.3 million incarcerated 1 million are African Americans. African Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites. 1 out of 3 African American males are expected to go to prison in their lifetime compared to the 1 out of 17 white males who are most likely to end up in prison as well.
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History of Minority Populations in the Child Welfare System Sara Starnes BSHS/302- Introduction to Human Services Sylvia Head Axia College of the University of Phoenix The articles I chose were‚ “Minority children and the child welfare system: An historical perspective”. This article covers a minority that receives help from a human service program; going in to detail about the interworking of the services‚ the role of the government‚ civil rights‚ transracial adoption‚ and the recent changes
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial Disparity in Sentencing Sharon Douglas CJA/423 November 29‚ 2010 Robert Wertz Racial Disparity in Sentencing Although the criminal justice system improved over the years‚ racial disparity and discrimination contributes to the overrepresentation of minorities in prison. Currently‚ the United States is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations (Scully‚ 2000). However‚ Caucasian is still the predominant race in American society‚ and statistics
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Inmates in Jail Prison is a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for crimes they have committed or while awaiting trial. Today‚ persons look at prison in different way‚ the Time Magazine article‚ “Criminals Should Be Cured Not Caged”‚ claims in 1968. However‚ people and management are still experiencing disturbing tactics‚ which used in the most American public. In the U.S.‚ there were more people recorded reports of police misconduct and fatalities linked to misconduct‚ according
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States Introduction: It seems that prison causes more problems than fixing them nowadays. American Prisons are considered to be very large institutions that are mainly composed of black American and other people of color; blacks‚ Hispanic and a bit of white people. It is weird since 60% of the American Population is white. Each year new rules are implemented to make inmates life harder than before. The majority of them are mainly people of color. These inmates struggled from numerous of problems
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