What say we all get together for a potluck and re-watch The Help? While black people account for 13 percent of the population, they make up more than 40 percent of state prisoners. Yet according to a new Stanford study, white people are more likely to support harsher criminal justice policies if provided evidence that shows our criminal justice system disproportionately targets black people. The researchers found that drawing attention to the over-representation of black people incarcerated may actually generate “support for the very policies that perpetuate the inequality,” such as stop-and-frisk and three-strikes laws. alternet.org/civil-liberties/new-study-white-people-support-harsher-criminal-penalties-when-told-more-black
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:56:53 +0000