Its really an epidemic, the number of blacks locked up in this - TopicsExpress

Its really an epidemic, the number of blacks locked up in this country. Thats why I look, not only at my own situation, but why all of us young blacks are in prison. Ive come to see, its largely due to an indentity crisis. We don t know our history. We dont know how to really indentify with white people. We are really of a different culture, but by being slaves, we lost ourselves...... You take the identity crisis, mix it with capitalism, where money comes before empathy, and youll have a lot of young blacks trying to get money by any means because theyre trying to get out of poverty or stay out of poverty. Now, money is what they try to find an identity in. -Ray L. Jasper, Texas Inmate 999341