105 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 13 Nov 2023 \ on: Old Sparky & Fat Tony - Lessons I Learned As A Lawyer, Part 2 bitcoin
In one of my labor economics courses we were going over long-term trends in employment related to racial disparities. Despite being pretty well informed about the drug war, that's where I learned that since the 1980's young black men have been more likely to be incarcerated than employed in America.
It's such a heartbreaking situation and the vested interests you describe make it politically difficult to fix.
The racial inequities are well known. The whole crack v. powder cocaine sentence disparity was an embarrassment. Check out this link:
https://civilrights.org/blog/its-time-to-end-the-racist-and-unjustified-sentencing-disparity-between-crack-and-powder-cocaine/
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That's the kind of stuff I was familiar with, but the magnitude of incarceration shocked me.
I recall it was roughly 1/4 young black men incarcerated vs 1/5 employed. Those are such crazy numbers.
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Very sad.
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