Black Death

Today, African Americans are literally dropping dead physically and mentally. Males to be even more specific, We are not only killing each other but we are falling into this system the government has set up for us. It’s what I’d like to call “Black Death”. Black Death is not just the killing of African Americans but the incarceration of us as well. We are close to 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated populations. We are incarcerated at six times the rate of whites. It amazes me just a little that African Americans were 58 percent of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans at that time only made up approximately one quarter of the US population. According to “Unlocking America”, if blacks were incarcerated at the same rates of whites, today's prison populations would drop tremendously, approximately 50 percent. One in six black men had been incarcerated as of 2001. According to “Unlocking America” this means that if this continues, one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime. It’s a shame studies can show and give factual statements that black males unborn could possibly end up in jail. Nationwide, African Americans represent 26 percent of juvenile arrests, 44 percent of youth who are detained, 46 percent of the youth who are judicially waived to criminal court, and 58 percent of the youth admitted to state prisons center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. So not only is this system of “Black Death” affecting adults, they’re corrupting our young African Americans as well. What I mean by corruption is the public school system. Not only is the government giving our young leaders of the future the bare minimum and just passing them on, they’re feeding them lies. Public school districts are failing to educate students, if students lack education they will not be prepared for the world which will cause them to fall into these stereo types of not being able to success. Education weekly’s studies show