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1 in 3 Black Male Americans Will Go To Jail
A white male in America has a 1 in 17 chance of ending up in prison. For black males, it’s 1 in 3. 1 in 3! This is the craziest statistic I have ever heard. I saw this statistic watching 13th, a Netflix documentary following the history of slavery to imprisonment for Africans in America. I find it hard AND necessary to imagine a world where 1 in 3 of the men I know and love would go to prison at some time in their lives. That means out of my son, my dad and my husband, I could expect one of them to go to prison. When I think about the impact of that on me, my mum, my children, on our community, the level of fear I would be living with, and the impact on my mental health, this is the epitome of systemic trauma.