According to The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, 60% of abortions are obtained by white women but black and Latina women are more at least twice as likely to have abortions.
What do you think of this ad that is causing an uproar?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Is this even accurate?
According to The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, 60% of abortions are obtained by white women but black and Latina women are more at least twice as likely to have abortions.
What do you think of this ad that is causing an uproar?
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
Huffington Post Article about US Justice System and Racism
Blacks Far More Likely Than Whites To Be Jailed For Low-Level Drug Crimes
Excerpt from article: Class 4 possession laws, the least severe felony charges, accounted for the majority of racial disproportionality in incarceration, the Commission writes. In Cook County, home to Chicago, Class 4 possession accounted for the majority of all arrests in 2005. Few of those charged only with Class 4 (and not with some other crime, drug or violent) were sentenced to jail terms. But the overwhelming majority of those who were, by an eight-to-one ratio, were black.
Excerpt from article: Class 4 possession laws, the least severe felony charges, accounted for the majority of racial disproportionality in incarceration, the Commission writes. In Cook County, home to Chicago, Class 4 possession accounted for the majority of all arrests in 2005. Few of those charged only with Class 4 (and not with some other crime, drug or violent) were sentenced to jail terms. But the overwhelming majority of those who were, by an eight-to-one ratio, were black.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)