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| “We have more work to do when more young black men languish in prison than attend colleges and universities across America.” – President Barack Obama |
*In a recent article the widely held
belief surrounding the number of black men incarcerated outnumbering the
number of black men enrolled in higher education was refuted. The piece
is titled “The myth that there are more black men in prison than in college, debunked in one chart.”
The author appears to believe through proving this assertion about
prison and education ratios to be inaccurate either a point of great
progress can be demonstrated, or an overstatement of calamity about the
state of African American men can be corrected.
Yet the real issue is the number of people
in prison should never be similar to the number educated. For most in
our country this in fact holds true, but for black men the two numbers
are in fact close and that is the inescapable problem. The supposed myth
on its face may in fact be incorrect. There may be more black men in
college than in prison, but the truth still stands that there are a
socially catastrophic number of black men behind bars in the United
States. Let me give a bit of context for this discussion. Referencing
the same article above. READ MORE
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