1. INSTITUTIONAL RACISM

2. The population of the United States:
U.S. Population by Race                               Source: U.S. Census, White and Black excludes Hispanics.

3. State and Federal Inmates by Race                               

4. If you are a black man you have a 1 in 4 chance of going to prison, whereas if you are a white man you have a 1 in 23 chance of going to prison.

5. For more info, see: http://hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/incarceration/
In thirteen states, black men are incarcerated at more than ten times the rate of white men.
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