More young black men have done prison time than military service or college

More young black men have done prison time than military service or earned college degree
Being jailed in federal or state prisons has become so common today that more young black men in the United States have done time than have served in the military or earned a college degree, according to new study. The paper, appearing this week in the American Sociological Review,estimates that 20 percent of all black men born from 1965 through 1969 had served time in prison by the time they reached their early 30s.  By comparison, less than 3 percent of white males born in thesame time period had been in prison.[more]

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[anonymous]

i think that like blacks, and all other minority groups in the U.S. would get more oppurtunities at better educations, and good paying jobs,then the statistics wouldn't be on the rise.Black men are most likely to end up in jail because the grow up with the mentality and the assurance that no matter how hard they try, they won't catch a break in "white world". And it's much easier for them to live on the streets to make a buck, then to have a job where the pay is horrible, and on top of that their always stereotyped ahead of time. So really them going to jail is a problem that our society cause to occur, because putting these men in jail for anything now a days, is only going to affect them later. So we,the U.S society are keeping them down to live the way they do. The deserve better!
Latina

[anonymous]

i think that like blacks, and all other minority groups for that matter,in the U.S. should get more oppurtunities at better educations, and good paying jobs,so then the statistics wouldn't be on the rise.Black men are most likely to end up in jail because they grow up with the mentality and the assurance that no matter how hard they try, they won't catch a break in "white world". And it's much easier for them to live on the streets to make a buck, then to have a job where the pay is barely enough to survive, and on top of that their always stereotyped ahead of time. So really them going to jail is a problem that our society cause to occur, because putting these men in jail for anything now a days, is only going to affect them later. So we,the U.S society are keeping them down to live the way they do. They deserve better!
Latina