Race: Crime, Law & Incarceration

This board explores the history of racial inequality in the criminal justice system. Police violence is one dimension of the problem. For instance, a recent study demonstrates that Black males are 21 times more likely than white males to be killed by police & high-income Blacks were just as likely as low-income Blacks to be killed. It's also important to examine other aspects of the CJS, such as the effect of implicit bias, the way sentences are handed down by the courts & mass incarceration.
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Note that the juxtaposition of these front page images reveals an implicit bias. Source: The Daily Leader, Brookhaven, MS.
[Image is an editorial cartoon that depicts a Black man wearing a black face mask and a hoodie while attempting to steal a white woman's purse] On some level, this cartoon from The Missourian appears to be an effort to criticize of the call to defund the police. However, the cartoon missed its mark, and instead serves to stoke white fears by resurrecting the classic racist stereotype of a Black brute victimizing a white woman, June 10, 2020. Artist: Tom Stiglich h/t to Dr. Shanti Parikh
Bill O'Reilly to Marc Lamont Hill, PhD: "Let's say you're a cocaine dealer - and you kind of look like one a little bit." (see the clip here: http://youtu.be/cB-YKx0_-ZM) [follow this link to find a short clip and analysis illustrating the concept of racial profiling: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2013/06/racial-profiling-the-bike-thief.html]

Race: Symbolic Representation

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Harry Anslinger, Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics from 1930-1962. "...the primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races. Marijuana leads to pacificm and communist brainwashing. There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage."
Relax, I'm not a criminal and I have no interest in your purse. I just thought I'd use this sidewalk to get home if you don't mind. What do you have in there anyway? 40 acres and a mule? [follow this link to find a short clip and analysis of the top ten racist cartoon scenes: http://www.thesociologicalcinema.com/1/post/2011/04/top-ten-racist-cartoon-scenes.html] Artist: Marcus Kwame Anderson's Art

Race: Stereotyping, Profiling & Implicit Bias

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"You're 28 times more likely to be stopped and searched in London if you don't have white skin, because we're still really racist." Artist: Strike Magazine *The figure is likely based on findings from the Equality and Human Rights Commission report. While Black and Brown people in London are much more likely to be stopped and searched than white peopoe, the figure probably refers specifically to the West Midlands Police.
Percent of Stopped Drivers Stopped by Police (by Race) in 2011. Source: Washington Post / Bureau of Justice Statistics (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/02/chris-rock-is-taking-a-selfie-every-time-a-cop-pulls-him-over/?utm_term=.456c3c353f09)
Racial Disparities in Drug Use and Police Stops and Searches in England and Wales "This report demonstrates that the policing and prosecutions of drug possession offences in England and Wales is unduly focussed on black and minority communities." Read more here: http://www.release.org.uk/publications/numbers-black-and-white-ethnic-disparities-policing-and-prosecution-drug-offences

Race: Stops, Detainments & Searches

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Sources: Uniform Crime Reports / Bureau of Justice Statistics / Federal Bureau of Investigation
Nationally, Black girls are 4x as likely to be arrested in school than white girls. In some states, they are 8x as likely to be arrested. Source: U.S. Department of Education / Civil Rights Data Collection

Race: Arrests

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Source: Sickmund, M., Sladky, T.J., Kang, W., & Puzzanchera, C. 2016. Easy Access to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement.
Source: Bonczar, T. 2003. Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Source: Carson, E.A. 2020. Prisoners in 2018. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Race: Incarceration

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A third of the people killed by a stranger in this country are actually killed by a police officer. One in 11 homicides in California is committed by a police officer. This is a big deal. Black people are more likely to be unarmed and not threatening somebody than any other person who encounters the police in a violent situation. People don't know this stuff, so we want to lay it bare so people can't perpetuate myths about the movement. ~ DeRay Mckesson
Ever notice how the Americans who boast that they never trust their government tend to be the ones who trust it completely whenever an unarmed black person is shot and killed by an agent of the state? ~ @JohnFugelsang
Researchers looked at responses to 1.2 million 911 emergency calls in a US city and plotted the use of force involving a gun across neighbourhoods, according to their racial composition. White officers were more likely to use a gun than were Black officers and more likely to do so in predominantly Black neighbourhoods. Source: Nature

Race: Police Brutality

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